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Young African American girl’s braids and hair decorations (parade spectators), Selections from the Georgia Traditional Arts Research Collection, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia; Bottom right: From the Roland L. Freeman Photograph Collection housed at the University of North Carolina Libraries, Digital Collections Repository.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68824635f88d704ff994daf7/e7ad2421-d7dd-4e15-b7c1-95cb96996e6d/4.webp Exhibitions - Held Taut: On the Ancestral Connection Between Quiltmaking and Hair Braiding - Make it stand out Sourcing clockwise from upper left: University of North Carolina Libraries, Digital Collections Repository - Part of Roland L. Freeman Photograph Collection; Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Shea Doing Crochet Braids in Her Cousin Andrea’s Hair for Andrea’s Daughter’s Wedding, 2016–17. Photograph by LaToya Ruby Frazier. 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