This week I dive into the History of Black Hair with Tracey Overbey. Tracey has been a client of mine for the last few years and I always enjoy our conversations. As someone with a wealth of information as a librarian, Tracey is sharing her research surrounding Black Hair - the misconceptions, meanings, traditions and more.
Tracy is an Assistant Professor and Social Sciences Academic Librarian at The Ohio State University Libraries. Her main areas of research are in Social Justice issues particularly around Food Deserts in urban areas, exploring Black students’ relationships with libraries and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education for underrepresented and marginalized communities.
Tracey also has a book she co-wrote with Dr. Amanda Folk called Narratives of (Dis)Engagement: Exploring Black and African American Students’ Experiences in Libraries. She also recently lead and spoke at a natural hair event in Cleveland, Ohio and is passionate about ancient African history.
We will be coming back for a Part 2 to this episode as there is so much to discuss and share! If you have any questions or comments about this subject, (or any others) please shoot me an email at AmbushedCurlAcademy@gmail.com and Tracey and I would love to include your thoughts and questions in Part 2!
Please be sure to subscribe and leave a review if you enjoyed this episode!
I'd love to hear from you! Please send me any questions or comments you may have to AmbushedCurlAcademy@gmail.com. I would love to hear your thoughts or answer your question on an upcoming episode!
The podcast is also now available on YouTube and viewers can watch me perform a haircut while listening to the episode.
Ambushed Salon
Exclusively curly hair salon dedicated to promoting the beauty of natural curl and texture.
Website: ambushedsalon.com
Instagram: @ambushedsalon
Ambushed Curl Academy
Online Curl Education for Hairstylists
Website: ambushedcurlacademy.com
Instagram: @ambushedcurlacademy
Popular Podcasts
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
My Favorite Murder is a true crime comedy podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Each week, Karen and Georgia share compelling true crimes and hometown stories from friends and listeners. Since MFM launched in January of 2016, Karen and Georgia have shared their lifelong interest in true crime and have covered stories of infamous serial killers like the Night Stalker, mysterious cold cases, captivating cults, incredible survivor stories and important events from history like the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. My Favorite Murder is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including historic true crime, comedic interviews and news, science, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include Buried Bones with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, This Podcast Will Kill You, Bananas and more.