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Two Black women with tall, mint green beehive hairstyles stand outside. One on the left smiles in a floral dress, the other on the right wears a leopard print jacket. A neon sign "SOON FOUNTAIN" glows behind them at sunset.

Two Black women with tall, mint green beehive hairstyles stand outside. One on the left smiles in a floral dress, the other on the right wears a leopard print jacket. A neon sign "SOON FOUNTAIN" glows behind them at sunset.
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The year was 2015. The air in Montgomery, Alabama, hung heavy with the scent of jasmine and unspoken rules. But inside the cramped, vibrant world of Carla Mae and Ramona “Mona” Jenkins, rules were less of a guideline and more of a suggestion – especially when it came to style. Carla Mae was a whirlwind, all sharp wit and bolder-than-thou ideas, her laughter echoing like a jazz solo. Mona was her quieter counterpart, elegant and observant, with an artistic soul that saw the world in technicolor, even in black and white times. They were inseparable, bound by a shared impatience with the status quo and a secret, fervent admiration for the kind of unapologetic feminine power they glimpsed in magazine ads for hairspray and whispered tales of blues singers. “You know what we need, Mona?” Carla Mae announced one sweltering afternoon, fanning herself with a tattered copy of a Jet magazine. “A statement. Something that screams, ‘We are here, and you will look!’” Mona, sketching a fantastical gown on a napkin, looked up, a knowing glint in her eyes. “And what, pray tell, is this groundbreaking statement?” Carla Mae grinned, a mischievous sparkle dancing in her gaze. “Green wigs, Mona. Mint green. And beehives so high, they’ll kiss the heavens.” It took weeks of scrounging, saving soda fountain tips, and convincing their mothers they needed new "church hats" for the funds. They finally found them in a dusty costume shop downtown – two synthetic, shockingly vibrant mint green wigs. Back See more

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