Scholar and icon Angela Davis re-enters the public consciousness this week. Will and Jada Pinkett Smith help us retrace this remarkable woman’s civil rights/black power journey in Free Angela Davis.
One of the most memorable attributes of Davis (besides her bravery and obvious brilliance), was her ever-present Afro, which she continues to sport to this very day, in albeit different forms from when she was on the FBI’s Most Wanted List four decades ago.
Today, more black celebrities, especially women, are sporting the Afro hair-do than ever, or at least since the days when Davis gave a Black Power salute as she walked into a packed courtroom, fighting for her right to live.
Let’s take a look at the women and men who sport Afros today.