For little Black girls, hair serves as an early impetus for self-discovery — sculpting our kinks, curls, and coils is an emotional journey through how we see ourselves and the world. This was no ...

September 20, 2025, marks four years since I loc'd my hair. To this day, it's one of the best decisions I've ever made. For years, my self-worth was tied to my hair. I missed school and work when it ...

RALEIGH -- For Juneteenth 2023, a local television reporter celebrated the hair freedom she's always wanted. Akilah Davis, a race and culture reporter from our sister station WTVD in North Carolina, ...

It is just after noon inside Your Natural Image hair salon in South Kansas City, Missouri, on a Thursday in July. The 16-year-old Cornelius Mitchell has just come from under the dryer. Mitchell, a ...

Beginning on National Hair Day, Friday, Oct. 1, Tutorials Hosted By Celebrity Hairstylist Kim Kimble on her Instagram Account, Feature Hairstyles Inspired by Characters from the Hit Series BURBANK, ...

A Black high school student in Texas has served more than two weeks of in-school suspensions for wearing twisted locs to school. After being punished, 17-year-old Darryl George returned to school with ...

A Texas high school is under fire after a Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. Barbers Hill High School junior Darryl George has been suspended for over a week after allegedly violating the ...

The boardroom is experiencing a revolutionary shift as locs are becoming the corporate power style that challenges decades of Eurocentric beauty standards while signaling a new era of authentic ...

When a Black person starts growing locs, there is a period of time many of us jokingly call “the ugly stage.” The truth is, there is nothing ugly about it. That’s why I try to avoid using the word ...

In a classic episode from the 1994 TV sitcom “Living Single” — which featured successful Black characters including an attorney and a business owner — Kyle, a stockbroker, believed his hair was ...