A Spelman scholar is determined to improve how Black women are represented in AI, one hairstyle at a time.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Inside Lavish Hair Gallery off O’Neal Lane in Baton Rouge, works of art come together. Not paintings or sculptures, but hairstyles. It’s Aungelle White’s passion. ”When I ...

One of my favorite things to do in my free time is look at photos of Black women on social media. I’m inspired by their beauty—their enviable lips, their knowing eyes, the range of their skin tones, ...

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 ...

Who doesn’t love the versatility and devine feminine energy of a Black woman? A Twitter user named @vibesswithhannah_ went viral on social media this week after she interviewed Black men from Kentucky ...

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 ...

Video games are always moving forward, with improvements in graphical fidelity, expanded maps, and new ideas about gameplay. But character creation has comparatively lagged behind: Options are still ...