Black Hair Salon

Black Beauty Shop On Charleston’s West Side Is A Place For Community, Creativity And Legacy

In Black communities, hair salons can be spaces where women feel united and accepted. Folkways Reporter Traci Phillips takes us to a hair salon in Charleston, West Virginia’s West Side.

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Amythyst Kiah, Black Hair Salons And Poetry, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, we talk with East Tennessee’s Amythyst Kiah. Her new album contemplates the cosmos. Also, hair salons are important gathering places where Black women can find community. And West Virginia poet Torli Bush uses story to tackle tough subjects.

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Hanshaw Outlines Legislative Priorities And The Cultural Importance Of Hair Salons, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, House Speaker Roger Hanshaw is eyeing education, PEIA and the foster care system this session, and Inside Appalachia explores the importance of Black hair salons.

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