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Lyzette Wanzer is the author of “Trauma, Tresses and Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narratives.” PHOTO PROVIDED BY INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS GROUP.

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BOOK DETAILS BLACK WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES WITH THEIR HAIR

Lyzette Wanzer was infuriated by the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. She had to do something and as a writer, the one weapon Wanzer knew she could wield was her pen.