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Growing dreadlocks, a hair practice usually associated with the Rastafarian movement, has become increasingly popular among people of African descent globally. In concert with other markers, dreadlocks became a symbolic accompaniment to oppositional collective identities associated with the African liberation/Black Power movements. Its spread among African liberationists, womanists, & radical artists of African descent reflects counterhegemonic politics. Here, combining new social movement & African cultural studies perspectives, the sociopolitical & historical phases of "locking" are traced on the microsociological level. Also explored is the role that dreadlocks are perceived as playing along three main dimensions of collective identity formation: boundary demarcation, consciousness, & negotiation. Data are drawn from 52 dreadlocked persons' responses in surveys, interviews, & a focus group in Washington, DC, supplemented with historical documents & sources. Dreadlocks, as contemporary hair aesthetics, can be considered an example of culturally contextualized everyday resistance. 42 References. Adapted from the source document.

Still Lifting, Still Climbing is the first volume of its kind to document African American women's activism in the wake of the civil rights movement. Covering grassroots and national movements alike, contributors explore black women's mobilization around such areas as the black nationalist movements, the Million Man March, black feminism, anti-rape movements, mass incarceration, the U.S. Congress, welfare rights, health care, and labor organizing. Detailing the impact of post-1960s African American women's activism, they provide a much-needed update to the historical narrative. Ideal for course use, the volume includes original essays as well as primary source documents such as first-hand accounts of activism and statements of purpose. Each contributor carefully situates their topic within its historical framework, providing an accessible context for those unfamiliar with black women's history, and demonstrating that African American women's political agency does not emerge from a vacuum, but is part of a complex system of institutions, economics, and personal beliefs. This ambitious volume will be an invaluable resource on the state of contemporary African American women's activism