, ▁scal p ▁damage ▁and ▁even ▁hair ▁loss , ▁according ▁to ▁G hen i ▁Pl aten urg ▁in ▁the ▁article , ▁" Black ▁Women ▁Return ing ▁to ▁Their ▁Natural ▁H air ▁Ro ots ". ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁the ▁success es ▁of ▁the ▁civil ▁rights ▁movement , ▁and ▁the ▁Black ▁power ▁and ▁Black ▁pride ▁movements ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁inspired ▁African - Amer icans ▁to ▁express ▁their ▁political ▁commit ments ▁by ▁adopt ing ▁more ▁tradition ally ▁African ▁styles . ▁The ▁Af ro ▁ha irst yle ▁developed ▁as ▁an ▁aff irm ation ▁of ▁Black ▁African ▁her itage , ▁expressed ▁by ▁the ▁phrase , ▁" Black ▁is ▁beautiful ." ▁Ang ela ▁Davis ▁wore ▁her ▁Af ro ▁as ▁a ▁political ▁statement ▁and ▁started ▁a ▁movement ▁toward ▁natural ▁hair . ▁This ▁movement ▁influenced ▁a ▁generation , ▁including ▁cele brit ies ▁like ▁D iana ▁Ross , ▁whose ▁J her i ▁curl s ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁ ▁Since ▁the ▁late ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁Black ▁people ▁have ▁experiment ed ▁with ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁styles , ▁including ▁corn rows , ▁lo cks , ▁bra iding , ▁hair ▁tw ists ▁and ▁short , ▁cro pped ▁hair , ▁specifically ▁designed ▁for ▁af ro - text ured ▁hair . ▁Natural ▁hair ▁blog s ▁include ▁Black ▁Girl ▁Long ▁H air ▁( B GL H ), ▁Cur ly ▁Nik ki ▁and ▁Af ro ▁H air ▁Club . ▁With ▁the ▁emer gence ▁of