Essence Magazine:
By Jasmine Browley· Updated October 7, 2022
Black women’s hair has always been a civil rights issue.
Anti-black hair sentiment in the US reaches back to the 18th century when, for example, free Creole women of color in New Orleans wore coifs that showcased their kinks and coils, and the city enacted legislation—the Tignon Laws—requiring the women to wear a tignon (scarf or handkerchief) on their heads.
Centuries later, this
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