Nappy Tag

Getty Images/ Peathegee Inc/Mix Images My dad and I even have all the time had a thing for jamming to old fashioned music. Anytime a Marvin Gaye, Earth Wind and Fire or Stevie Wonder hit got here on it was our cue to belt out every word. It was our special moment. But every time James Brown’s “Black and Proud” hit the waves it all the time hit a singular cord for him. Growing up in a segregated Baltimore within the 1950’s, dad had reason to be proud. He was a survivor. The Impact of The ‘Fro In The Civil Rights Movement As a baby when family and friends referenced my hair as “nappy,” it was a term of endearment. It was my...