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These Philly students celebrated Black hair with a homegrown holiday. Here’s how Afro Day was born.

“Our hair isn’t wild, it isn’t crazy,” said Amia Harris, a 10th grader at Northeast High. “It’s beautiful.”

Northeast High School students walk the hallways of their school during Afro Day. Students at  Northeast High school marked a day to celebrate natural hair and all it means, personally and culturally.
Northeast High School students walk the hallways of their school during Afro Day. Students at Northeast High school marked a day to celebrate natural hair and all it means, personally and culturally.Read moreMIGUEL MARTINEZ / For the Inquirer