A Black Women's History of Hair (Early Release!) (Patreon)

UPDATED VIDEO LINK; I APOLOGIZE IF YOU COMMENTED ON THE OLD VIDEO <3

I am currently waiting on the video sponsor to approve the video for wider release on youtube! In the meantime, I'm releasing this video early for my patrons. Thank you so much for your ongoing support of Intelexual Media! Also shoutout to you guys for holding me down these past few months while youtube has demonetized my content and the algorithm has been working against me. My luck finally changed. The last video, Black Women and The Hygiene Olympics, is fully monetized and currently has over 330,000 views! I'm crossing my fingers that this video performs well too. When the actual video goes live, it will be complete with subtitles and chapters-- be sure to leave a comment!

Bonus: After this video was written, filmed, and edited, it was reported that twenty states have enacted CROWN legislation! Read more here.

I am currently working on three videos at once right now for late April/early May release as well as Lexual Does The 90s. I can't wait for yall to see more!

In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this video!

Sources + Further Reading

• Hair Story: Untangling The Roots of Black Hair in America Ayana D. Byrd, Lori L. Tharps
• Two White Braids
• Hair Cut Off St Simons Georgia
• Adam and Eve/ Sweet Shrubs Narratives
• Hairdresser
• https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAH.AC.0641
• Falsies (1947 Ebony Magazine) 
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/42975205?mag=how-natural-black-hair-at-work-became-a-civil-rights-issue
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/4230881?mag=how-natural-black-hair-at-work-became-a-civil-rights-issue
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/4317206?searchText=&searchUri=&ab_segments=%2Cfe-placement-accordion&searchKey=&refreqid=fastly-default%3Acd1a21343d6a2111856619233b80b871&seq=19
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/community.31887968.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A5f8caece63f81d28a8bb8a318da54066&ab_segments=0%2FSYC-6646_phrase_search%2Fcontrol&origin=&initiator=
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/208457482/
• March 1994 Vibe Magazine
• https://mediadiversified.org/2016/11/19/except-for-the-afro-the-surprising-importance-of-pam-griers-hair/
• https://www.kent.edu/museum/event/critical-conversation-about-history-ownership-black-hair-care-industry
• http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai/community/text3/text3read.htm
• Dorothy Reed
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/12/27/hair-care-battle-lines-drawn-in-black-white/3375907c-5474-4350-a7ee-f664b8ef46da/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/12/27/hair-care-battle-lines-drawn-in-black-white/3375907c-5474-4350-a7ee-f664b8ef46da/
• https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/untangling-regulations.pdf
• https://wams.nyhistory.org/settler-colonialism-and-revolution/settler-colonialism/fashionable-rebellion/\
• https://www.vice.com/en/article/j5abvx/black-womens-hair-illegal-tignon-laws-new-orleans-louisiana
• https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/09/10/louisiana-hair-braiding-lawsuit-aims-untangle-licensing-requirement/2069710001/
• https://www.boston.gov/news/bostons-black-hairdressers-beauty-culture-1920-womens-voter-registers
• https://jezebel.com/solange-chops-hair-is-called-insane-5322008
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/307278995/
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaredcouncil/2022/11/04/black-women-going-natural-push-entire-industry-to-the-brink-of-extinction/?sh=74c863141434
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/10/12/dismissal-of-bias-suit-over-braids-overruled/c4153a02-aaa8-4e59-9641-1db34ae3cf5e/
• https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2018/03/19/t-magazine/hair-wars-detroit-new-york.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/business/beauty-store-race-protests.html
• https://news.wosu.org/news/2018-07-26/black-hair-supplies-once-a-korean-business-shifts-to-black-ownership
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/frompost/dec98/hair3.htm
• https://patents.google.com/patent/US3280826A/en
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1343885.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A64e5c0bfe3a568257fe1a811b0711ee0&ab_segments=&origin=&initiator=
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/23699596
• https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9ysEAAAAMBAJ/page/n53/mode/2up
• https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/23/garden/braided-hair-style-at-issue-in-protests-over-dress-codes.html
• https://dh.howard.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1176&context=hilltop_196070
• https://dh.howard.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1158&context=hilltop_196070
• https://books.google.com/books?id=PtsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA139&dq=natural+hair&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwtsHP1539AhWuTjABHaa0CVQQ6AF6BAgKEAI
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/404845751/
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaredcouncil/2022/11/04/black-women-going-natural-push-entire-industry-to-the-brink-of-extinction/?sh=74c863141434
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/293098478/
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/721525678/
• https://books.google.com/books?id=KUMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37&dq=christina+jenkins&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNx8fAsJv9AhUTSDABHfrZAVsQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false
• https://mediadiversified.org/2016/11/19/except-for-the-afro-the-surprising-importance-of-pam-griers-hair/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/03/15/go-with-the-fro/4b99df74-fe4f-4031-a306-88a46dcb8e58/
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/23699596
• https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-12-04-1994338067-story.html
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/156356338/?terms=afro%20hair&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/739842758/
• https://geog.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/users/carney/33.pdf
• https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senate-republicans-block-passage-of-crown-act#:~:text=The%20CROWN%20Act%20bans%20hair,%2C%20public%20accommodations%2C%20and%20employment.
• https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/home/blue-buffalo-buddies-app/
• https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/african-american-salons-deal-with-cultural-shifts/102834/
• https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/gallery/25103/2/hair-wars
• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/obituaries/rose-morgan-overlooked.html
• https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/making-waves-beauty-salons-and-black-freedom-struggle
• https://www.essence.com/culture/black-is-beautiful-movement-kwame-brathwaite/
• https://www.thecrownact.com/
• https://kfdm.com/news/texas/twenty-states-have-enacted-crown-law-legislation-since-2019