Beauty & Resistance
This 1960s–70s movement embraced natural Black features.
What is the Black Power Movement?
This method hydrates curls using liquid, oil, and cream in that order.
What is the LOC method?
This superstar created Fenty Beauty and is known for her music.
Who is Rihanna?
Styling baby hairs into designs.
What are edges?
This HBO teen drama follows a group of high school students dealing with addiction, relationships, and trauma in a very stylized modern world.
What is Euphoria?
Wearing this hairstyle became an act of political resistance.
What is an Afro?
Hair types like 4A, 4B, and 4C fall under this category.
What is Type 4 (coily/kinky hair)?
This singer is known for her blonde hair, performances, and “Formation.”
Who is Beyoncé?
This term describes copying Black styles without credit.
What is cultural appropriation?
This Netflix teen drama follows a group of friends in a tough Los Angeles neighborhood as they navigate school, gangs, and growing up.
What is On My Block?
This term describes bias against darker skin tones within communities.
What is colorism?
This protective style uses synthetic hair added to natural strands.
What are box braids?
This early entrepreneur became a millionaire from selling hair products.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
This sleek hairstyle is laid flat and tied down with a scarf.
What is a silk press (or laid hair)?
This ABC sitcom follows an upper-middle-class Black family as the parents try to raise their kids while staying connected to their cultural identity.
What is Black-ish?
What is it called when a workplace issue often targets Black women’s hairstyles?
What is workplace discrimination?
This protective practice helps prevent breakage while sleeping.
What is wearing a satin bonnet or scarf?
This rapper is known for bold wigs, long nails, and beauty trends.
Who is Cardi B?
This long, flowing hairstyle often uses bundles or extensions.
What is a weave?
This show is a comedy about teachers working at an underfunded public school in Philadelphia.
What is Abbott Elementary?
This historical practice pressured Black women to straighten their hair to fit in.
What is assimilation?
This ingredient is known for deep conditioning and moisture retention.
What is coconut oil?
This activist and scholar made the Afro a political symbol.
Who is Angela Davis?
This hairstyle blends braids and curls at the ends.
What are boho braids?
This show is a comedy based on the childhood of comedian Chris Rock growing up in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
What is Everybody Hates Chris?