1960s BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL CONTEST Button PIN Protest BADGE African American POWER

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Black is Beautiful Button

Original 1960s/70s 1-1/2\" cello, \"Black Is Beautiful Contest\"

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Black is beautifulis acultural movementthat was started in theUnited States of Americain the 1960s byAfrican Americans. It later spread to much of the black world, most prominently in the writings of theBlack Consciousness MovementofSteve BikoinSouth Africa. It aims to dispel the notion in many world cultures thatblack people\'s natural features such as skin color, facial features and hair are inherently ugly.[1]John Sweat Rockwas long thought to be the first to coin the phrase \"black is beautiful\"–during a speech in 1858–but

This movement began in an effort to counteract the prevailing idea inAmerican culturethat features typical of \"Blacks\" were less attractive or desirable than those of \"Whites\". Research indicates that the idea of \"blackness\" being ugly is highly damaging to the psyche of African Americans, manifesting itself asinternalized racism.[2]This idea made its way into black communities themselves[3]and led to practices such aspaper bag parties: social events which discriminated against dark-skinned African-Americans by only admitting lighter-skinned individuals.

Cultural influence[edit]

In 1968, inspired by the slogan, theNorth American Conference of Homophile Organizations(NACHO) adopted the slogan \"Gay Is Good\".[4]

Also the name of a disc \"Black is beautiful\" (Windmill, 1974), which contains \"the very best of recent hits and has been specially recorded by Windmill as a tribute to these great singers and their songs\".