How Natural Hair Rocketed the First Black-Owned Business Onto the Stock Exchange

A 1970s success story, with a little help from Soul Train.

Mar 19, 2025 - 12:16
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How Natural Hair Rocketed the First Black-Owned Business Onto the Stock Exchange
During the middle to late 1960s, politics were beginning to influence hairstyles, and the “natural” hairstyle started to take off. It went far beyond Dr. Martin Luther King telling people to be their authentic selves; the Black Is Beautiful and Black Power movements sprung to life. In Chicago, th... More »