▁of ▁black ▁power , ▁the ▁arms ▁raised ▁with ▁b ice ps ▁flex ed ▁and ▁cl en ched ▁f ists , ▁is ▁tempor ally ▁specific , ▁variants ▁of ▁the ▁mult itude ▁of ▁hand sh akes , ▁or ▁" g iving ▁and ▁getting ▁skin ," ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁as ▁a ▁mark ▁of ▁commun al ▁solid ar ity ▁continue ▁to ▁exist ▁as ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁black ▁culture . ▁ ▁Cl othing ▁style ▁also ▁became ▁an ▁expression ▁of ▁Black ▁Power ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁Though ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁popular ▁tr ends ▁of ▁the ▁movement ▁remained ▁conf ined ▁to ▁the ▁de cade , ▁the ▁movement ▁re defined ▁standards ▁of ▁beauty ▁that ▁were ▁histor ically ▁influenced ▁by ▁Wh ites ▁and ▁instead ▁celebrated ▁a ▁natural ▁" black ness ." ▁As ▁Sto k ely ▁Car m ich ael ▁said ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁" We ▁have ▁to ▁stop ▁being ▁ash amed ▁of ▁being ▁black . ▁A ▁broad ▁nose , ▁thick ▁lip ▁and ▁n appy ▁hair ▁is ▁us ▁and ▁we ▁are ▁going ▁to ▁call ▁that ▁beautiful ▁whether ▁they ▁like ▁it ▁or ▁not ." ▁" N atural " ▁hair ▁styles , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Af ro , ▁became ▁a ▁soci ally ▁acceptable ▁t ribute ▁to ▁group ▁unity ▁and ▁a ▁highly ▁visible ▁celebr ation ▁of ▁black ▁her itage . ▁Though ▁the ▁same ▁social ▁messages ▁may ▁no ▁longer ▁cons ci ously ▁influence ▁individual ▁hair ▁or ▁cl othing ▁styles