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This was years before the “Black is beautiful” movement, and unstraightened hair was a real rarity — so much so that, for a time, the cut was called “an Odetta.”

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2020

It is extraordinary for me to remember that, even at this stage, I couldn’t imagine myself as attractive with unstraightened hair.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2019

Adaku, whose name means “one who brings wealth to the family” in the Igbo language, views her unstraightened hair as a form of cultural richness.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2019

Together, they offered an alternative notion of black glamour and femininity, one that embraced unstraightened hair, darker skin, serious artistic ambition and political consciousness as central.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2014

They sat on porches, and walked in the road swaying their hips under cotton dresses, bare-legged, their unstraightened hair braided or pulled straight back into a ball.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison