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🇺🇸 United StatesConk Chemically straightened hair popular with African-American men mid-20th century.Styled · Coily and kinky hair · 1920 🇺🇸 United StatesSilk press Heat-straightened style for kinky hair without chemicalsStyled · Coily and kinky hair · 1920

WorldHair straightening A technique to flatten and smooth hair texture using heat or chemicals.Styled · Curly hair · 1950 🇺🇸 United StatesBig chop Cutting off chemically treated hair to start natural growthCut · Coily and kinky hair

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Hair straightening: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Conk: NBC Television, Public domain, source

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