Willie Morrow, the creative mind behind the Afro pick innovation died on June 22. He was 82. Morrow was born Oct. 9, 1939, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, he eventually moved across the country searching ...

Willie Lee Morrow was born on Oct. 9, 1939, in Eutaw, Ala., a farming town southwest of Birmingham. His parents, Hollie and Olean (Jordan) Morrow, were sharecroppers, and his father sold bootleg ...

The hairstylist, chemist, entrepreneur, author, inventor of the Afro pick and pioneer of the Jheri curl hairstyle died June 22 at his home, surrounded by family. He was 82.

William Lee Morrow, a Black hair care pioneer who helped popularize the Afro pick in the 1960s and 1970s, has died at age 82. Accessibility links Skip to main content ...

Credited as the inventor of the Afro pick, Morrow was also known as a pioneering stylist of Black hair. His California curl style was a precursor of the world-conquering Jheri curl.

Dr. Willie Lee Morrow—entrepreneur, barber, author, inventor of the Afro pick, and pioneer of the Jheri Curl hairstyle—has passed away. He was 82. Morrow was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on ...

Willie Lee Morrow, a barber turned entrepreneur who helped popularize tools such as the Afro pick and styles including the one dubbed the Jheri curl over more than half a century as an innovator ...

Inspired by that example, he gave us the Afro pick, a comb with long, broad bristles that are perfectly spaced to style an Afro haircut. He started mass producing the Afro pick in the 1960s.

Janaye Furman, British Vogue cover star and the first Black model to open a Louis Vuitton show, shares the message and process behind her handcrafted Afro picks.

The young man squirts some Afro Sheen Comb Easy on his hair, shapes it with his Afro pick and is ready to go. As a kid, I wanted an Afro, but my maternal grandmother was against it.

Willie Lee Morrow, barber who popularized the Afro pick, dies at 82 . July 6, 2022 at 3:30 pm Updated July 6, 2022 at 5:19 pm . By . CLAY RISEN. The New York Times.