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How To Look After Black Hair ... In fact, combing Black hair in general can create high stress on Black hair and cause breakage, which perpetuates dryness...

Black Hair Basics ... Black hair also typically has a larger diameter than Caucasian hair and retains less water, thus its relative "kinkiness." The many styling methods utilized on Black hair cause concern with hair loss... Black hair is very strong, fortunately so because Black hair styles cause a great deal of stress on the hair and scalp... In fact, combing Black hair in general can create high stress on Black hair and cause breakage, which perpetuates dryness...

Fashion Trend Report: The New Basic Is Anything But Black ... Are you ready, ladies? Here are the new color combinations that will spice up your wardrobe and get you away from reaching for black when you may be in a mood for something a little more adventurous....

Modern Black Hair Styles - How To Choose The Right One For You ... No matter whether or not whether your favorite black hair style is braided, curly, locks, sleek and straight, short and funky or twisted and intricate, there are a few things that you should consider before deciding on what black hair style to choose for your next do... Due to the versatility of the black hair style and black hair in general, ethnic hair styles include some of the most intricate and beautiful hair creations to be found among fashion-conscious people today... While many compete to make their black hair style more elaborate and beautiful than the next, many fail to observe basic hair styling fundamentals, which are vital to ensure that a black hair style compliments the wearer rather than detracts from his or her personal beauty....

The Genetic Secrets Of The Black Widow Spider ... You can see on the left a photo of a female black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus) with her dragline silk (Credit: Mark Chappell, UCR; link to a larger version)... This research on the genes of the black widow spider has been led by Cheryl Hayashi, Associate Professor of Biology, and postdoctoral researchers Nadia Ayoub and Jessica Garb...

Black Diamonds Come From Space ... Black diamonds are a rare and beautiful thing. It would be incredible to present something of such beauty to someone you love if you finally make the decision to take that next step in your relationship...

The fact that white people readily and proudly call themselves “white,” glorify all that is white, and whitewash all that is glorified, becomes unnatural and bigoted in its intent only when these same whites deny persons of African heritage who are black the natural and inalienable right to readily—proudly—call themselves “black,” glorify all that is black, and blackwash all that is glorified.
—Abbey Lincoln (b. 1930)

It was the world of Southern, rural, black growing up, of folks sitting on porches day and night, of folks calling your mama, ‘cause you walked by and didn’t speak, and of the switch waiting when you got home so that you could be taught some manners. It was a world of single black older women schoolteachers, dedicated, tough; they had taught your mama, her sisters, and her friends. They knew your people in ways that you never would and shared their insight, keeping us in touch with generations. It was a world where we had a history.
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)

Thus Winter falls,
A heavy gloom oppressive o’er the world
Through Nature shedding influence malign,
And rouses up the seeds of dark disease.
The soul of man dies in him, loathing life,
And black with more than melancholy views.
—James Thomson (1700–1748)