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UF Researcher: Beauty More Than Skin Deep In Black Community

GAINESVILLE — Hairdos and pedicures of working-class black women have resulted in new findings for social researchers who are more inclined to focus on welfare woes or middle-class affluence, a new University of Florida study finds.
In a 16-month study of behavior at a black beauty shop, UF researcher Kimberly Battle-Walters found a political and social [...]

Filed under Black, Family, Gender, Race, Research on Thursday, February 19, 1998.