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This natural hairstyle is achieved by twisting two strands of hair around each other and then unraveled for a fuller effect.
What is a twist out?
Miss Olivia Pope herself
Who is Kerri Washington?
She is a television producer and writer. She is responsible for creating Scandal, Grey's Anatomy, and How to Get Away With Murder.
Who is Shonda Rhimes?
A beautiful style that is often associated with the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 70s.
What is the Afro?
She was the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. She is best known for her poem entitled Still I Rise.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Known for her talk show and being messy (#thepeoplemissher) and for the phrase "How you doin?"
Who is Wendy Williams?
She was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years.
Who is Billie Holiday?
During the colder months, it is often said to be this style's season.
What is a silk press?
She is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist. She wrote the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple for which she won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Who is Alice Walker?
Annalise Keating on the ABC drama How to Get Away with Murder; and the first Black woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Who is Viola Davis?
She is is an American actress best known for her role as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black.
Who is Danielle Brooks?
She is an American actress. She began her career in 1990s, appearing on television sitcoms, before landing supporting roles in an teen comedy films She's All That and 10 Things I Hate About You. She is also married to Dwayne Wade.
Who is Gabrielle Union?
This low-maintenance protective style involves braids close to the scalp, which can be simple or very intricate. Often called straight backs
What are cornrows?
She was an American writer, radical feminist, womanist, lesbian, and civil rights activist. In her own words, Lorde was a "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet"
Who is Audre Lorde?
She is a Mexican-Kenyan actress and film director. She was born in Mexico to Kenyan parents, and raised in Kenya. She is fabulous in everything is does, but is particularly known for her work in Black Panther.
Who is Lupita Nyong'o?
She is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and businesswoman, but known by many for talk show with her daughter and mom. (hint:red)
Who is Jada Pinkett?
She was an American jazz singer often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz and Lady Ella.
Who is Ella Fitz Gerald?
A protective style that uses a specific technique and tool to attach pre-braided or pre-twisted hair to cornrows, providing versatility and quick installation.
What is crochet braiding?
She is an American writer, commentator, activist, and educator. One of the world's most well-known African American poets, her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children's literature.
Who is Nikki Giovanni?
She is a Barbadian singer and songwriter that refuses to get back in the music game, but is making strides in everything beauty.
Who is Rihanna?
This 21st century black sitcom aired more episodes (a total of 254) than any other television series (of any genre) with a predominantly African American cast, surpassing The Jeffersons (253 episodes), Family Matters (215 episodes) and The Cosby Show (201 episodes).
What is Tyler Perry's House of Payne