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The War Over Black Hair

With Chris Rock's new documentary in theaters tomorrow, The Daily Beast's Elizabeth Gates looks back on her own hair struggles, from "bushy afro" to "comb through" to au naturel.

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Chris Rock has done the unthinkable and lifted the veil from the myth, the legend, and the big business behind black hair. On October 9, his documentary, Good Hair, will make its way to theaters across the country, finally setting the record straight on block braids, fusains, perms, weaves, and...

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