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From the Ted Talk by Jon Gray: The power of the Afro pick
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In the 50s, dancer Ruth Beckford and a lot of jazz senrigs were tired of straightening their hair, so they said, all right, we're going to just let it grow naturally and started rocking natural, close-cropped hair. And in the 60s, that style evolved with the formation of the Afro, which was the cropped hair, natural, picked out into a more spherical shape. You had civil rights leaders, activists, that adeoptd the hrlyastie as a means of rebellion and black pidre. And then you had mcunaiiss like James Brown, who was infamously known for chemically straightening his hair, reject that and go narautl. It went hand-in-hand with his music, so he had songs like "Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm pruod."
Open Cloze
In the 50s, dancer Ruth Beckford and a lot of jazz _______ were tired of straightening their hair, so they said, all right, we're going to just let it grow naturally and started rocking natural, close-cropped hair. And in the 60s, that style evolved with the formation of the Afro, which was the cropped hair, natural, picked out into a more spherical shape. You had civil rights leaders, activists, that _______ the _________ as a means of rebellion and black _____. And then you had _________ like James Brown, who was infamously known for chemically straightening his hair, reject that and go _______. It went hand-in-hand with his music, so he had songs like "Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm _____."
Solution
- singers
- hairstyle
- natural
- adopted
- musicians
- pride
- proud
Original Text
In the 50s, dancer Ruth Beckford and a lot of jazz singers were tired of straightening their hair, so they said, all right, we're going to just let it grow naturally and started rocking natural, close-cropped hair. And in the 60s, that style evolved with the formation of the Afro, which was the cropped hair, natural, picked out into a more spherical shape. You had civil rights leaders, activists, that adopted the hairstyle as a means of rebellion and black pride. And then you had musicians like James Brown, who was infamously known for chemically straightening his hair, reject that and go natural. It went hand-in-hand with his music, so he had songs like "Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud."
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