Black is Beautiful

 The L.O.C method is key in moisturizing your beautiful hair. First step L: Leave In Conditioner, one great product is the Cantu shea Butter leave in conditioning repair  cream. Second step O: Oil, any oil you prefer, coconut, jojoba oil etc. Third step C: Cream, My favorite Shea Moistures Curl Enhancing Smoothie. Then twist, Braid, Loc, do as you please its your hair! Be you.

HERE ARE A COUPLE QUOTES FROM POWERFUL WOMEN. READ THEM. THINK ABOUT THEM. BELIEVE IN THEM. “I think there are things for all of us to do as long as we’re here and we’re healthy.” – Gwendolyn Brooks “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou “Someone was hurt before you, wronged before you, hungry before you, frightened before you, beaten before you, humiliated before you, raped before you…yet, someone survived…You can do anything you choose to do.” – Maya Angelou  I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations….I have built my own factory on my own ground.” – Madam C.J. Walker Website:  ...

The poem speaks for its self, Brooks is applauding us for loving our selfs and not worshiping of the "white standards". keeping it in its natural state and embracing it to the fullest.

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A Surprized Queenhood in The New Black Sun: Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks     In my Africana Studies class we read this book by Angela Jackson it was great. The book touched on Gwendolyn Brooks's life and the many things she did around and for her community. Gwendolyn Brooks's was a teacher, writer and, poet, Her work was geared to touch on her personal accomplishments and life struggles that many others of her community were experiencing or could relate to. Brooks words were very powerful which in turn lead the people to choose her as one of there heros. She was put on " The Wall of Respect" which was a mural painted in Chicago on the side of the factory in 1971. This painting commemorated the many heros of their time. (more information in link).     In the book Jackson portrays Brooks as a strong black women learning the ropes of life and how to love herself from the inside out. She started this at a young age, her poetry and the people around her helpe...

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