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My Beautiful Black Hair
101 Natural Hair Stories from the Sisterhood
- Chronicle Books
- by St. Clair Detrick-Jules
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Publisher | Chronicle Books |
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ISBN | 9781797212197 |
Author(s) | St. Clair Detrick-Jules |
Publication date | September 2021 |
Edition | Hardback |
Dimensions | 241 x 190 mm |
Illustrations | throughout col.ill. |
Pages | 256 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
My Beautiful Black Hair is a book about Black women embracing their natural hair. One hundred and one Black women share their stories of learning to love their natural hair and the immense power in that self-love.
St. Clair Detrick-Jules was inspired to write the book when her little sister, Khloe, came home from preschool where a classmate had told her that her hair was ugly. St. Clair wanted to send a message to Khloe and young Black women everywhere that their hair is beautiful just the way it is.
The stories she captured reveal both the depth of the physical and emotional damage done to many women by relaxing their hair and trying to make it look "acceptable," and the incredible resilience, self-love, and acceptance they gained by learning to embrace their hair and free themselves from Eurocentric beauty standards.