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Académie des Beaux-Arts, Kinshasa, Congo by Eliot Elisofon

Portrait of dancer Pearl Primus. Stamped on back: “Pearl Primus. Austin Wilder, artist management, promotion. 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City.” Typed on back: “Please credit: Barbara Morgan, photo.”

Courtesy of the E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library

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“The hair series is an unfinished project that documents, the different types of Black hair styles and hair types. Black hair is known for its different textures, it known because of the simple fact that it stands out from other hair types. I document the different textures of my friends hair styles to emphasize the difference, the close up shots give a different perspective. It lets the viewer see the different growth pattern, or design structure of the hair type or style.” - By Patricia Ellah

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In love. Our hair is like rivers and spirals and mini-galaxies.

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Making Satin Soul

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Bodies on Satin for Refinery 29 (Rebekah Campbell)

“I love how much space I take up. I love the softness of my curves. I love that my mouth can laugh and kiss and eat and speak words of love. I love that I carry the body of the women of my family, full and strong and resilient.“

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Daughters of the Dust (1991)

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Daughters of the Dust (dir. Julie Dash)

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Daughters of the Dust (1991)

I am the first and the last. I am the honored one and the scorned one. I am the whore and the holy one. I am the wife and the virgin. I am the barren one and many are my daughters. I am the silence that you can not understand. I am the utterance of my name.