The Capital spent two months interviewing nearly two dozen of Maryland’s black women lawmakers about the historic representation in Annapolis this year before session was cut short due to the coronavirus, how they navigate Eurocentric standards of beauty and how, for many of them, their relationships with their hair connect to their relationships with their mothers. The Capital also interviewed psychologists, researchers and historians to learn about how black hair has been regulated throughout history, and how those oppressive forces linger.

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