History In B.O.B.S.A.

The history of black hair and B.O.B.S.A.

The history of black hair and B.O.B.S.A.

Black beauty supply stores started in black beauty and barber shops that were located in black communities across America in the early 20th century. Affluent blacks traveled to those community beauty salons and barber shops to have their hair done and bought products that were specifically made for their hair type by black hair care innovators.

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Making Black America

Making Black America

Struggle and resistance are hallmarks of the African American experience, but they are not the only story. Beyond the reach of the “White gaze,” Black people worked and played, laughed and loved, hoped and dreamed, started families, built schools and businesses, formed communities, and created vast social networks that, borrowing from the motto of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, lifted as they climbed. In this new four-hour documentary series, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes us “behind the Veil” of racial segregation in Jim Crow America to tell their story.

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365 Black History

365 Black History

the new Black History 365 music video that provides a glimpse into our BH365 story. Feel free to share personally, but please do not share this particular song on social media:

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