In its Black History Month series, the educational children's show explores the origins and history of box braids, cornrows, and Zulu Knots for its viewers, young and old.

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 movies have a powerful influence on our style, especially regarding hair. Iconic characters often set trends that ripple through the culture. Black characters on screen often reflect real-life ...

Growing up in Thomasville, North Carolina, Monika Johnson-Hostler remembers when some classmates made her feel uncomfortable because of her hair. Now, as vice chair of the Wake County Public School ...

New research underscores the biases even AI has toward Black women in the workplace. New research reveals the bias artificial intelligence (AI) can show toward Black women’s hairstyles, potentially ...

We all have that one yearbook picture that makes us say, “Man, why didn’t anyone stop me from getting that?” We remember being super on-trend at the time, but looking back, we see that some fads of ...

A nonprofit in London has launched a campaign aimed at getting emojis with diverse hairstyles. A group in Hackney, London, advocates for a more diverse range of emojis that better represent the ...

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 ...

The natural hair movement entered the mainstream during the civil rights movement. It became even more accepted in the 2000s when social media helped drive a resurgence. But when it comes to nascent ...