Breathtaking Photos Of Black Women Rocking Their Natural Hair Reminds Us How Far We’ve Come

Black Hair Products Were Empowering And Conforming

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Some have criticized Walker for submitting to the society’s white beauty standards by creating a line of smoothing and softening products, but others believe she was empowering black women to have more control over their appearance.

All of this was going on during the early 1900s. America had just entered the Jim Crow era, and black activism was steadily on the rise.