Afro
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It was also great for Johnson Products: Sales of Afro Sheen soared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Pio Pico, the last governor of Mexican California, was — like many of the settlers who had founded the city of Los Angeles in 1781 — probably a man with Afro Mexican origins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
After teaching a quick lesson on Charles Mingus, she produced a bright yellow record jacket with a photograph of a bearded man with an Afro, wearing a tight yellow T-shirt and beaming confidently.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Referencing a traditional mourning tent, Teddy Afro – whose real name is Tewodros Kassahun – sings that he is grieving a country he says has been lost.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
In the picture Grandpa Bobby’s curly hair was so long, it looked like a blond Afro.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
That meant little to us as teens wearing big ties and platform shoes, listening to rock and roll while even white guys sported Afros and we all began dancing to disco.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2025
Then in 2019, California became the first state to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles including Afros and braids.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
Bows, meticulously handmade flowers and shiny buttons adorn wigs shaped into opulent Afros, coiled curls and braided up-dos.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023
“And we belong with our Afros, with our sisterlocks, with our braids, with our bald heads.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
A billboard of Jackie, Jermaine, Tito, Marlon, and Michael sporting big applejack caps over their even bigger Afros.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
