Arts Page – Exploring the Knotty Issue of Black Hair and Identity (Pt 2)

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We’ve been exploring the issue of black identity and self-acceptance, as addressed specifically in children's literature and expressed through the book “The Crown that I Wear” by local author Kamille Jackson. Our discussion continues inside today’s Arts Page. Stay tuned!

India Arie defiantly sings “I am not my hair” but is this really true if all black women seem to have to traverse the treacherous path of identity and self-acceptance in relation to their tresses? We look at how the issue emerges in the local literary arts scene as expressed by poet and author Kamille Jackson. Find out what she...