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Here are the three ways you can share your photo:
1) Post it on the Black Voices Facebook Fan Page
2) Send it to us @blackvoices on Twitter. Be sure to use the hashtag #BVHAIRHISTORY
3) Post it on the Black Voices message boards in this thread here.
Here are just a few of the styles we're looking for:
Braids: Inspired by Stevie, Rick James or the Williams Sisters? Did you go through a Poetic Justice phase?
Jheri Curl: Just spray, shake and go! Jheri Curls, for many, were a great and simple hair solution in the 80's. More than a few of us let our Soul Glo back in the day.
Short Crop: From Halle to Prince, even Angela Bassett rocked this cute cut in the 90's. Were you inspired by this look? 
High Top: This style was nothing to be played with. Sometimes ceiling scraping these hightops and gumbies were all the rage. No half stepping there. 
Locs: Coming in all shapes and sizes, this natural style is both versatile and well loved.
Cornrows: Not just for kids, cornrows appeared on the heads of some of today's biggest stars.
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By: Dj on 1/07/2011 9:03PM
Not again BV in the sentence above, someone wrote send us your mement the word is moment.
There is no word like mement. Please, please get it right.
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By: louise on 1/13/2011 11:17PM
continued: The teacher washed Helen's hair in class (jr. high school) When she took the towel from around her head (Helen's)the teacher saw this mound of hair that looked like a brillo pad but soft. The teacher said, "I didn't thinks it would be so soft!" Helen stood in the middle of the classroom asking the Anglo teacher if she had a straightening comb, of course she didn't! The teacher's eyes were as big as a saucer. She just stood there saying, "I'll drive you home, I'll drive you home!" As her hair dried it bigger and bigger. We told that foolish girl," Anglo teacher's didn't have a clue about Black hair!" Her head looked like Angela Davis'
I still die laughing today(52 yrs. later) about that stupid teacher and student. I bet the teacher learned something new that day.
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By: louise on 1/13/2011 11:16PM
I'm here-Helen's Head
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By: Sammy on 1/30/2011 11:42PM
We all have our own person black history if we do some research and spend some time talking with our elders. I found out that when was i got older that Judge Jackson was my Great Grandfather who talk Black Sacred Harp Music,which he talk at Universal and written book. and there new movie out now which had opportunity to be one cast member in FILLING THE GAP / which share about black history information not in our schools/ this year movie has been nominated for the 42ND ANNUAL NAACP IMAGE AWARDS 2011. WE ALL HAVE LEGACY
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