Chapter One Black Hair Literacy Patience, Right? Hairlines and Headlines Why Black Women Why Black Hair Why Black Women Educators Chapter Two Black Women in Education: Reclaiming Mind, Body, Spirit, and Humanity Mind Body Spirit Humanity Chapter Three We Are Our Hair Black Hair (Re)members, (Re)pairs, (Re)stores Protectin' and the True Cost Afros and Locs Chapter Four To Be Black, Radical, and Free: A Methodology Wrapped Mentality Hair Matters Moisturized and Wrapped Healing Circles Detangling Traditions One Strand at a Time Chapter Five (Re)member Who You Are Protect the Hair and the Spirit Healing through Shared Narratives: The Art of Identity Where Hair and Education Meet Appendix 5.A: QR Resource, Moisturized + Wrapped H.C. Resource Page Chapter Six Secure the Lace Native Schools, Fugitivity and Protection Segregated Spaces and Natural Styles Integrated Spaces and Straight Hair Chapter Seven Hair as a Battleground Colonization of the Body Disembodied Voyeurism Post-Traumatic Hair Subversion Texturized Code-Switching.With Agency Textured Expressions of Liberation Chapter Eight Dead Ends, New Beginnings Why This Matters.