In the world of fashion and beauty, short cuts have always been a symbol of boldness, creativity and self-expression. Short black hairstyles allow Black women to embrace and showcase the beauty of ...

Football player Travis Kelce and Texas student Darryl George both sport historically Black hairstyles -- but only one of them is getting penalized for it. As I sit here with my own bald fade, a ...

Editor’s Note: This story is one in a series of Black History Month stories that explores the role of resistance to oppression in the Black community. In 2005, neo-soul artist India Arie released her ...

In a recent video essay, "We Need To Fix Black Hair in Video Games" by Kinda Funny Games host and producer Blessing Adeoye Jr., the sad realization that Black gamers do not have many options in ...

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 ...

The Open Source Afro Hair Library was designed to improve the way digital artists and video game developers better portray Black hairstyles. In a new interview with VICE published this week, UC Santa ...

The need to legislate black hair seems ridiculous on its face. I mean, it’s hair. We all have it. It comes in different textures, colors and lengths — all determined by our DNA. We can alter it with ...

Employees at United Parcel Service are now free to sport afros, braids, cornrows and other natural hairstyles, traditionally donned by Black Americans, in the workplace. Changes also include ...

When Black patients get X-rays, unfortunately, many doctors have not been trained to “to identify the twists, locs, and braids of Black patients’ hair when reading” the scans. But Angela Udongwo, a ...

Find the answer for My ___ Is a Rising Sun (picture book that celebrates Black hairstyles) from the people who brought you ...

The research, which will be published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science next week, shows how societal biases perpetuate racial discrimination in the workplace, according to a ...