Wash Day: Black Women Are Passing Down Natural Hair Pride to the
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As a photographer, I could not think of a better way to illustrate that pride than through images of the ritual we know as wash day.
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Wash Day: Black Women Are Passing Down Natural Hair Pride to the Next Generation
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Wash Day: Passing on the Legacy, Rituals, and Love of Natural Hair: Faxio, Tomesha: 9780593579718: : Books
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