Author Talk: My Beautiful Black Hair | St. Clair Detrick-Jules
Tue, Sep 28
|Crowdcast
Accompanied by beautiful and intimate photographs of each woman, My Beautiful Black Hair is an encouraging voice for young Black women and the adults who remember their own journeys to self-acceptance.


Time & Location
Sep 28, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
Crowdcast
About the Event
DESCRIPTION
A collection of empowering stories and captivating photos, My Beautiful Black Hair celebrates an aspect of Black femininity—natural hair—and embraces it as a central part of Black womanhood.
"A powerful celebration of self-acceptance and sisterhood." – Kirkus Review
My Beautiful Black Hair is a book about Black women embracing their natural hair. One hundred and one Black women share their stories of learning to love their natural hair and the immense power in that self-love.
St. Clair Detrick-Jules was inspired to write the book when her little sister, Khloe, came home from preschool where a classmate had told her that her hair was ugly. St. Clair wanted to send a message to Khloe and young Black women everywhere that their hair is beautiful just the way it is.
The stories she captured reveal both the depth of the physical and emotional damage done to many women by relaxing their…