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For our fourth episode in our Costume Society of America series, Joy and Dana interviewed Dr. Ashley Garrin about African-American hair and identity during the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Garrin recently earned her PhD from Iowa State University and conducted multiple oral histories from local African-American women for her thesis and CSA presentation. Dr. Garrin is now assistant director for Iowa State University’s MacNair program, which assists first-generation and underrepresented college students achieve doctoral degrees. Ashley Garrin, Phd Thesis: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6168&context=etd Iowa State University McNair Program: http://www.mcnair.iastate.edu/ Byrd, Ayana and Lori Tharps. Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America. New York: St. Martin's Griffith, 2014. https://books.google.com/books?id=iYhEAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=hairstory&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim7aHKiurRAhUM04MKHWAfCT8Q6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=hairstory&f=false Visit us below for images and fashion: Instagram: @unravelpodcast Twitter: @unravelpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/unravelpodcast/ Image Credit: University of Iowa, Hawkeye yearbook 1969