Ain't I A Beauty Queen?
Beauty contests
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
African americans, race identity
Civil rights movements, united states
Race identity
Civil rights movements
Women, social conditions
African American women
African Americans
Social aspects
Social conditions
Nonfiction
History
"Black is Beautiful!" The words were the exuberant rallying cry of a generation of black women who threw away their straightening combs and adopted a proud new style they called the Afro. The Afro, as worn most famously by Angela Davis, became a veritable icon of the Sixties.Although the new beauty …
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