“I have ‘nappy Black girl hair,’ curl type four, the most curliest, thickest nappy hair. I love my hair!”

“My hair is beautiful — I should appreciate it, not try to change it.”

“I have a lot of my mother in me with my approach to [my daughters’ hair].”

“I had feedback from my mom and sister, but eventually they followed in my footsteps.”

“I can’t let my hair stop me from doing the things I want to do.”

“To have the afro said, ‘I identify with the movement, I identify with what we are doing as a people.’”

"It speaks to resilience, in that, now we own our image.”

“I had to choose a style that I felt I could maintain that was best for me and my personal health."

“When I was a child, they didn’t have chemicals ... we used mostly natural things.”

“I am very proud of my hair and all its quirks. I just love my hair, natural. It is my crown. It’s part of me."