Black is Beautiful

PBS: The Many Rivers To Cross - Afros, Soul Train and Self-Love “Black is Beautiful” came out of the Black Power movement. But it quickly permeated the American cultural mainstream in the adoption of the Afro hairstyle and Afro-centric fashion. Blackness, or “soul,” became the epitome of cool in popular films, music and advertising. By 1969 there were black characters on 21 … [Read more...] about Tuesday Evening Thread: Black Is Beautiful!