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How Black hair care grew Black power

2026-01-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·29m 16s ·by NPR
How Black hair care grew Black power
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The Afro is one of the most iconic hairstyles of the last century. And one of its main ingredients was a hair product – Afro Sheen. But Afro Sheen did so much more than make Black afros shine. It was the money behind the television show Soul Train, it helped fuel the civil rights movement – all beca