Oftentimes when we think about the history of blacks in America, we think about the heinous acts and numerous injustices that we experienced as people of color because of the color of our skin, when in fact, in post-Civil War America, it was the hair of an African-American male or female that was known as the most "telling feature" of Negro status, more so than the color of the skin.
Ofte, når vi tænker på de sortes historie i Amerika handler det om de afskyelige handlinger og utallige overgreb, som  farvede mennesker oplevede, på grund af vores hudfarve, men sandheden er, at efter Den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, var det afroamerikanske mænd og kvinders hår, der blev det mest velkendte "særpræg"  i kategoriseringen af afrikanere, mere end hudfarven.