Wolf Tales recording with Aalanah Valentine: Women's Center "Politics of Black Hair" Exhibit Opening Reception, 13 February 2018

Item information

Title:

Wolf Tales recording with Aalanah Valentine: 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. Aalanah Valentine discusses her experience embracing her natural African American hair as a teenager, challenges of having natural Black hair at a predominantly white institution, and the importance of personal choice and expression through hair. (Preferred citation: Wolf Tales recording with Aalanah Valentine, 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:

2:52

Item identifier:

mc00581-wt-valentine-20180213

Producer:

North Carolina State University. Libraries more info on North Carolina State University. Libraries 

Interviewee:

Valentine, Aalanah more info on Valentine, Aalanah 

Created Date:

2018-02-13

Genre:

Oral histories (Document genres)

Names:

Valentine, Aalanah more info on Valentine, Aalanah 

Location:

Raleigh (N.C.)

Digital Project:

Wolf Tales