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As Duke University’s Jasmine Cobb, a professor of African American studies, says this “message really stayed with a generation of Black women in particular who really had to work to overcome the idea that something about their hair was inherently inadequate.”

North Carolina Reporter Removes Wig On-Air, Declares “Natural Hair Liberation Day” | Essence

Akilah Davis made the reveal live on Juneteenth to celebrate “the hair freedom she's always wanted.”

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In episode 150 of Imagine Otherwise, host Cathy Hannabach interviews Black visual studies scholar Jasmine Nichole Cobb about haptic blackness and the cultural politics of Black hair in US visual culture.

Jasmine Nichole Cobb on Haptic Blackness - Ideas on Fire

Cathy Hannabach interviews Jasmine Nichole Cobb about haptic blackness and the cultural politics of Black hair in US visual culture.

Ideas on Fire

The Art and Texture of Black Hair

Jasmine Nichole Cobb - Author and Professor of African & African American Studies and of Art, Art History and Visual Studies at Duke University. She joins Tavis for a conversation about how hair has been entangled in the history of racism and a part of the Black struggle for freedom and protection and to unpack her new book on this topic coming out December 30th called “New Growth.”

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Celebrations, like SOulFully Textured on Martha’s Vineyard, capture the beauty and the belonging that is Black hair.

Public embrace of natural hair offers new twist on civil rights

Celebrations, like SOulFully Textured on Martha’s Vineyard, capture the beauty and the belonging that is Black hair.

The Emancipator

"Black hair was regulated by slave masters who shaved the hair of enslaved people of African descent as a means of control and punishment," said Jasmine Cobb, African American Studies professor at Duke University and Author of "The Art and Texture of Black Hair After Emancipation. "We also see in U.S. law, legislators dictating cutting black hair close to the scalp as a means of control and that identifying enslaved people from free people."

Should Black Hair Braiders Be Licensed Professionals?

As different states address hair braiding licensing, the technicians of the craft are split on whether licensing is necessary.

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“When we talk about Black aesthetics, we’re usually talking about the production of art, literature, theater and these sorts of things,” Duke University historian Jasmine Cobb told HuffPost.

Introducing Black Hair Defined

A HuffPost project aiming to untangle conversations about our crowning glory.

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