Ain't I a Beauty Queen?: Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race by Maxine Leeds Craig

Ain't I a Beauty Queen?: Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race

Maxine Leeds Craig

208 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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"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 v...

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