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Honestly speaking, Freaknik really started the evolution of Atlanta being this hub of fashion, of music, of this culture of beautiful Blackness. If you look at a Freaknik photo album
from the '80s through the '90s, you will literally get the kind of, like, chronology of Black fashion
and Black hair during that time. You saw brothers with waves, high-top fades, baldies like Onyx. It was all the things
you would expect to see, and sisters, the same thing
from the '80s through the '90s, you will literally get the kind of, like, chronology of Black fashion
and Black hair during that time. You saw brothers with waves, high-top fades, baldies like Onyx. It was all the things
you would expect to see, and sisters, the same thing
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Honestly speaking, Freaknik really started
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the evolution of Atlanta
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being this hub of fashion, of music,
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of this culture of beautiful Blackness.
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If you look at a Freaknik photo album
from the '80s through the '90s,
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you will literally get the kind of, like,
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chronology of Black fashion
and Black hair during that time.
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You saw brothers with waves,
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high-top fades, baldies like Onyx.
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It was all the things
you would expect to see,
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and sisters, the same thing.
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Movie Summary
Recounts the rise and fall of a small Atlanta HBCU picnic that exploded into an influential street party and spotlighted ATL as a major cultural stage.
