As a Black woman, our hair is wrapped up in our identity. We struggle to come up with our own definition of beauty and learn to embrace ourselves and our hair.
Observation about what was called the “Triangle of Black Identity” in Los Angeles in the 1970. Three political group have different ideology about the Black Awareness and Black Identity. Discussion about Awareness and Identity amoung neighbors is very common in 1970.
A few years ago I discovered my father's name in the Civil Rights timeline on a website. He was credited as one of a few black reporters who covered the integration of the Little Rock School District in 1957. Although the events surrounding the Little Rock Nine happened a few years before I was born, it was impossible to not feel the personal connection my father had to the story.
Red G aka Gloria tells her story of being black in America. Red G, a native of Florida was born to entertain. She had her acting debut in elementary school plays and sang as a member of the school's chorus. By jr. high school, she had become a member of the concert band and realized she had a love for music. Red G began dropping lyrics in the girls' bathroom, between classes, while someone pounded beats on the hand dryers. Then, by the time she got to high school, she was an accomplished concert clarinetist and well on her way to establishing herself as a runway model. Red G has performed in several local area bands as an instrumentalist, vocalist as well as lyricist.
This deals with the many times overlooked subject of Alzheimer's in the black community. The need to stop seeing our loved ones as just "crazy Uncle Pete or Nutty Aunt Mattie and view this as a serious strike in our community.
Courtney Smith, a 28-year-old father and husband, relates his American experience to the game of golf and tells the black community how it can win the green jacket...golf's greatest honor.