TV and Black Girl Rising, Inc. convened a roundtable of Black women to discuss the complex relationship between hair, culture ...

From a young age, Victoria Okwudi, Nurs ’25, was drawn to the art of braiding and styling Black hair. She grew up in ...

We asked Black and White women and men to evaluate ... uses their normal African American Vernacular English, and wears their hair in its natural, textured state. We compared reactions to these ...

I write about Black and neurodivergent identity in the workplace. I was seven years old when I first got my hair straightened. I remember feeling more beautiful. I went to a predominantly white ...

"It’s not just about me,” Mitchell-Wells said. “It's about my mom, my grandma and my ancestors. Hair holds power. Changing it ...

"Black adolescent girls, significantly beyond their white peers and their Latina peers, were more likely to experience hair-related discrimination and hair-related dissatisfied," says Lisse.

Both white and African American women straightened their hair in order to wear this style. Hair pins gained popularity during this period, both as a method of creating tight curls in shorter hair ...

T Charles Erickson Share “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding ... the unique beauty of Black hair. “Chicago is my community and my home,” said director Whitney White, Tony-nominated for ...