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 ...

"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.

"Let me keep my hair straight ... in braids. "We deal with it, the whole thing about, 'Do you show up with your natural hair?'" Obama said, per ABC affiliate KATV. "That's the African American ...

It’s been said that you can’t hate someone whose story you know. In Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Jocelyn Bioh has woven a world of characters whose stories we need to know. For ticket information, ...

In today’s ever-growing world of braids, R&B artist Tyla stands as the latest muse for the freestyle-braid trend. Known for their fluidity of intricate patterns, swirls, and spontaneous shapes ...

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 ...