According to Byrd and Tharps, the afro style emerged in the late 1950s and 1960s. The Afro’s message was about “freeing your mind,” as explained in All About Natural, a popular how-to written by Lois Liberty Jones. The book describes, “We found our Black beauty and the pride to go with it.” As with many social revolutions, this aesthetic uprising took root on college campuses. It started in the mid-sixties with students who were reading the works of Black nationalist thinkers of the past, such as W.E.B Dubois and Marcus Garvey. Read more https://www.lushusa.com/stories/article-rooted-in-black-history-the-afro.html
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