Black Hair IN History
CROWN ACT FACTS
BLACK HAIRCARE & Myths
BLACK HAIR IN ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIA
BLACK IN STYLE(HAIRSTYLES)
100

A  former Black woman in haircare that is credited as being the first female self-made millionaire in U.S. history. Also known for creating a "Press & Curl" Kit.

Madam C.J. Walker

100

Why was the Crown Act created and what year was it created?

The CROWN Act was created in 2019 by Dove and the CROWN Coalition, in partnership with then State Senator Holly J. Mitchell of California,  to ensure protection against discrimination based on race-based hairstyles by extending statutory protection to hair texture and protective styles such as braids, locs, twists, and knots in the workplace and public schools.

100

Traditionally Black women and girls wear this to protect their hair while sleeping.

A Bonnett

100

This young Black celebrity made history in 2010, by creating a liberating/fun song for Black girls with diverse hair & styles. 

Name the artist and the Song 

Willow Smith, Whip My Hair

100

In the mid-1960s-70s Angela Davis and the Black Panther movement popularized which particular hairstyle?

The "Afro" 

200

This Movement was based on a fight for an equal perception of the black body to help undo all the negative ideas about Black people rooted in white supremacy in 1962.

The Black is Beautiful Movement

200

53% of Black mothers say their daughters have experienced racial discrimination based on hairstyles as early as what age?

5 years old

200

"Black hair grows slower than other races"

True or False

False: All hair (regardless of race) grows at approximately ½ per month. 

200

Name the movie that featured a very famous fake "Soul Glo" hair product advertisement for the "Jheri Curl" perm. 

Coming To America

200

This is the term to describe the styling process of transitioning Black people's hair from "curly" to "straight."

The Perm 

300

The tignon law (also known as the chignon law) was a 1786 law enacted by the Spanish Governor of Louisiana Esteban Rodríguez Miró that forced black women to wear a tignon headscarf to cover their hair because it was thought that Black women's hairstyles were too "distracting/elaborate."

True or False 

True

300

Black women are 80% more likely to change their natural hair to meet social norms or expectations at work.

True or False

True

300

This hair tool that was patented in 1969 by two African Americans, Samuel H. Bundles Jr., and Henry M. Childrey, is great for maintaining the Afro hairstyle.

Name the Hair Tool

The Hair Pik

300

In a response to the anti-Black racism her Black baby girl received for wearing her natural hair, this artist wrote a song with lyrics "I like my baby heir with baby hair and afros."

Name the Artist

Beyoncé

300

Traditionally Black women and girls practice wearing these specific hair accessories at the ends of this specific style. Name the hairstyle and the accessories. 

Braids & Beads 

400

A Chicago-based Black-owned hair company that became popular in the 1950s owned by a married couple. One of their most popular products was designed for Black women who straightened their hair called the "Ultra-Sheen." 

Name the company

Johnson Products Company owned by Joan Johnson and George E. Johnson, Sr. 

400

How many of the 50 states have signed the Crown Act? 

19 States Down, 31 To Go.

400

"Black hair does not need to be shampooed often"

 

False: Washing textured hair every 5-7 days (once a week) does not dry it out. Cleansing hair with Water and Shampoo is actually one of the only ways to add moisture to the hair, including textured hair. 

400

Box braids have been around for decades, however, when this famous icon wore them in a movie in 1993 the hairstyle was renamed after the movie's title. 

Name the movie and the celebrity icon

Janet Jackson & Poetic Justice

400

 Egypt holds the first archeological evidence for this specific style of hair. 

Name the hairstyle

Locs

500

She was born in 1869 and is credited with launching the black hair care industry at the turn of the 20th century. She created an entire line of hair and beauty products for black women and also created employment and education opportunities for Black women.

Annie Turnbo Malone

500

National CROWN Day, also known as “Black Hair Independence Day, is celebrated on what day of the year?

July 3rd

500

This type of product has been historically used for doing slicked-back hairstyles, styling edges, and keeping curly hair in one place. 

Gel OR Edge Control

500

The first time a cornrowed style was seen on television was in 1962, worn by which actress? 

Cicely Tyson

500

A hairstyle popularized during the modern-day Natural-Hair Movement, which is created on Black hair in its most natural state, meaning there is no twisting or braiding involved, just water and product.

The "Wash n Go"