Assertion: conk | /r/HasProperty | popular
Facets:
value: until the 1960s
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the beginning
type: TEMPORAL
value: for black entertainers
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: among black musicians
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The conk was very popular among Black musicians in the beginning and the middle of the 20th century with the likes of Chuck Berry, Little Richard, James Brown.
text: Patterns notes that the conk was a popular style for Black entertainers until the 1960s, when "more natural styles, including the Afro became a symbol of Black pride, and conked hair came to be seen as a self-loathing attempt to imitate whites" (283).