WKU History Department - Special Events

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St. Clair Detrick-Jules: "Black Hair + Storytelling as a Form of Social Activism"

Thursday, April 4, 2024, 5:00 pm, GRH Auditorium

The PCAL Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee and the Africana studies program present documentary filmmaker, photojournalist, and author St. Clair Detrick-Jules, who will give a talk on "Black Hair + Storytelling as a Form of Social Activism" on Thursday, April 4 at 5:00 pm in the Gary Ransdell Hall auditorium (room 1074). The presentation is open to everyone.

She will be discussing her journey photographing and interviewing Black women with natural hair for her recent photojournalism book, My Beautiful Black Hair: 101 Natural Hair Stories from the Sisterhood, a large-scale visual anthropology exploring the deep, complex relationships across generations between Black women and their hair. She will also discuss how hair can be used as an entry point into related topics, such as self-love, anti-Blackness, healing from racial trauma, feminism, and community relationships, and offer a blueprint for using storytelling as a form of social activism.

Sponsored by the PCAL DEI committee, the Gender & Women’s Studies Program, the Intercultural Student Engagement Center, the OneWKU committee, the School of Media and Communication, and the Departments of History, Sociology & Criminology, and Folk Studies & Anthropology.

Contact Marc Eagle at marc.eagle@wku.edu for more information; you are welcome to use and share the event poster or social media flyer below. (Note that Ms. Detrick-Jules will also lead a workshop at 1:30 pm for a limited number of students - please get in touch soon if you have students who would like to participate.)