For a decade, hundreds of Black women and girls have gathered in Kansas City wearing curls, coils, locs, braids and Afros for an annual photograph intended to challenge narrow ideas about what beautiful hair is supposed to look like.
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Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2026
Underneath, Nicks let her natural curls run wild, cascading down her back and shoulders.
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