"They're requiring people who want to do the most basic natural care for African-American women to learn ... She smiled at herself and whipped her new braids back and forth to hear them click.

Today, African American hair braiding styles still carry coded meanings — from fashion statements to political declarations. Each style has roots that stretch back centuries, often adapted but ...

A majority of African American women ... their hair any way other than straight are speaking out against stigmas that prohibit them from wearing their crowns in braids, cornrows and twists ...

In the pre-social media days, hair obsessed people like me had to peer into beauty salon windows to see a parade of styles, from braids parted ... meaning of African-American hair—and its ...