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Journal Article
Civic Beauty: Beauty Culturists and the Politics of African American Female Entrepreneurship, 1900–1965
2004
Overview
In 1957, when Bernice Robinson, a 41-year-old Charleston beautician, was asked to become the first teacher for the Highlander Folk School's Citizen Education program in the South Carolina Sea Islands, she was surprised, for she had neither experience as a teacher, nor a college education. These facts did not present a problem for Myles Horton, founder of the Highlander School; his main concern was that the Sea Islanders would have a teacher they could trust and who would respect them. In fact, for Horton, Robinson's profession was an asset. In his autobiography, he explained the strategic importance of using beauticians as leaders in civil rights initiatives, that the movement needed to build around black people who could stand up against white opposition, so black beauticians were very important. The author posits that the black beauty industry provides a fruitful site for exploring the social, political, and economic challenges experienced by black women throughout the twentieth century.
