Pop Culture Insider » Black Men Care About Their Hair — It’s Time Movies And TV Did, Too

Black Men Care About Their Hair — It’s Time Movies And TV Did, Too
by MTV News Staff | August 9, 2019 at 12:00 pm

The first time Trevor Jackson remembered seeing Black men’s hair represented in any way on screen was Gregory Hines’s medium afro in Bojangles, the 2001 biographical film about tap-dance legend Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. The actor in particular stood out to Jackson due to his multifaceted career; his hair just so happened to be a prominent feature.

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