TEXAS (AP) – The same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, a Black high school student in Texas was suspended because school officials said his locs violated the district ...

The CROWN Act on a federal level is a hot topic of discussion for members of the Democratic party. After recent shows of natural styles at the DNC, there is now talk of the federal government ...

On a synchronized Monday around 2020, with hurt and exasperation as our catalyst, we decided to be ourselves. Cornrows, Braids, Bantu knots, double-stranded twists, teeny-weeny Afros, Caesar cuts, ...

Black hairstyles dominate social media feeds one week and disappear the next, leaving behind questions about cultural appropriation, erasure and who profits from creativity. This cycle of viral fame ...

In January 2020, California’s CROWN Act—CROWN being an acronym for “Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair”—went into effect. The law, which was championed by a Black female ...

A new exhibition at the African American Museum in Fair Park features seven contemporary artists, mostly locals, whose work considers the “myths, magic, and methods” of Black hair and its cultural ...

Photographer Rahim Fortune focuses his work on sacred spaces that are often thought of as cultural celebrations. One of those spaces is the Bronner Bros. International Beauty Show, a twice-yearly show ...