Wolf Tales recording with Asya Cook and Brianna Elum: Women's Center "Politics of Black Hair" Exhibit Opening Reception, 13 February 2018

Witherspoon Student Center, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Title:
Wolf Tales recording with Asya Cook and Brianna Elum: Women's Center "Politics of Black Hair" Exhibit Opening Reception, 13 February 2018
Description:
This recording was conducted in the African American Cultural Center Gallery in the Witherspoon Student Center on the campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, at the opening reception of the "Politics of Black Hair" exhibit, curated by Angela Gay of the NCSU Women’s Center. Asya Cook and Brianna Elum discuss the complexities of learning to appreciate their natural hair, embracing new styles, and dealing with different cultural expectations in the United States and abroad. Cook and Elum both discuss their “hair journeys” in the context of pressure to conform to concepts of professionalism, attending a predominantly white institution, and offer words of encouragement for others who have complicated relationships with their hair, appearance, and identities. [Preferred citation: Wolf Tales recording with Asya Cook and Brianna Elum, 13 February 2018, NCSU Libraries Wolf Tales Recordings, MC 00581, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC]
Topics:
University History
Subjects:
African American women
Original Format:
Digital video recording, sound, color
Extent:
11:39
Item identifier:
mc00581-wt-cook-elum-20180213
Producer:
North Carolina State University. Libraries more info on North Carolina State University. Libraries 
Interviewee:
Cook, Asya more info on Cook, Asya 
Interviewee:
Elum, Brianna more info on Elum, Brianna 
Created Date:
Genre:
Interviews
Oral histories (Document genres)
Names:
Cook, Asya more info on Cook, Asya 
Elum, Brianna more info on Elum, Brianna 
North Carolina State University more info on North Carolina State University 
North Carolina State University -- Professional employees more info on North Carolina State University -- Professional employees 
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Wolf Tales