Feb. 22, 2022
This week on Black History Bites, we are discussing the history of Black women sporting long acrylic nails. Did you know that acrylic nails were invented in the 1950’s? 1954 was the year in which Fred Slack, a dentist, broke his fingernail at work and decided to use dental products to create a temporary replacement. He later went on to create a company called ‘Patti Nails’ with his brother making his invention public and available to the world. Unfortunately, the shadows of cultural appropriation have aided in the erasure of this historic Black female cultural contribution.
