Having an Afro or dreadlocks can mean solitary confinement. Meanwhile, going with mandated hairstyles may be life-threatening ...

For years, Black women have used synthetic braids to help style their hair. But a recent study by Consumer Reports found that ...

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

Black in Blue has grown as a project, helping facilitate athlete progress both inside and outside of the classroom.

Sherald’s oeuvre so far is singular in its advancement of the American Realist tradition of artists such as Edward Hopper, who were foundational to the Whitney’s founding in 1930, by presenting a new ...

I don’t see many other people with dyed hair, and I hope that’s not because people are afraid to stick out or think they ...

As the nation commemorates the 250th anniversary of the War for Independence, the contributions of Black ... emeritus of American Studies at Emerson College and the author of “Blue Smoke ...

Black women are the primary users of these products, and people of African descent are ... process — the artificial hair releases VOCs into the air. The American Lung Association reports that ...

Clarke Central High School is offering AP African American Studies for the first ... Montu Miller is grateful to be teaching in a “blue bubble,” referring to Athens-Clarke County; however ...

In the documentary 'Number One on the Call Sheet', some of Hollywood's top Black actresses ... that we had African-American makeup artists and hairdressers that understood our hair," Fox says ...

At the Institute for AfroUrbanism, Detroit native Lauren Hood focuses not on what Black communities lack, but on what makes them thrive. For decades, Black Americans have been looked at through a ...

A YouTuber who has been to every country on earth visited an African ... black people and emancipated enslaved people in the early 19th century. A US organisation called the American ...