Black is beautiful
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Black is beautiful is a cultural movement that began in the United States of America in the 1960s by African Americans. It later spread to much of the black world, most prominently in the writings of the Black Consciousness Movement of Steve Biko in South Africa. It aims to dispel the notion in many world cultures that black people's natural features such as skin color, facial features and hair are inherently ugly.<ref>Some notes on the BLACK CULTURAL MOVEMENT</ref> John Sweat Rock was the first to coin the phrase "black is beautiful" during a speech in 1858. The movement also encouraged men and women to stop straightening their hair and attempting to lighten or bleach their skin.
See also
- Afro
- Black pride
- Black nationalism
- Blackness (African-American subculture)
- Cool (aesthetic)
- Cornrows
- Dreadlocks
- Jewcy
- Natural hair
- "Non Angli, sed Angeli"
- Racial transformation
- John Rock
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