Chapter One Black Hair Literacy 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 To Be Black, Radical, and Free: A Methodology Wrapped Mentality Hair Matters Moisturized and Wrapped Healing Circles A Piece of Us Chapter Four (Re)member Who You Are Protect the Hair and the Spirit Healing Through Shared Narratives: The Art of Identity Chapter Five We Are Not Our Hair Black Hair (Re)members, (Re)pairs, (Re)stores Straightenin' and the True Cost Straightenin' and Media Influence Straightenin' As a Site of Oppression and Liberation As a Site of Oppression As a Site of Liberation Protectin' and the True Cost Media influence As a Site of Oppression As a Site of Liberation Afros and Locs True Cost Media Influence As a Site of Oppression As a Site of Liberation Where Hair and Education Meet In Their Words 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 Code: Straight Code Protective Code: Natural Textured Expressions of Liberation Chapter Eight Dead Ends, New Beginnings Why This Matters.