Lynn Norment, a columnist for The Commercial Appeal, is a former editor for Ebony Magazine. All around us we see a variety of Black natural hairstyles, from braids, twists and afros to Bantu knots, ...
The New York Times: In Films and on TV, a New Openness to Natural Black Hairstyles
In Films and on TV, a New Openness to Natural Black Hairstyles
WGAL: Black History Month: Black hair is a symbol of culture, pride
The latest in a decades-old movement among those in the Black community to embrace natural hair reached the halls of state government last month when the House of Representatives passed its version of ...
Commercial Appeal: Despite the CROWN Act, Black Americans' hair continues to be the target of discrimination
Despite the CROWN Act, Black Americans' hair continues to be the target of discrimination
The Guardian: Politics of Black hair: why grooming rules are under scrutiny across the diaspora
Politics of Black hair: why grooming rules are under scrutiny across the diaspora
CONNECTION BETWEEN HAIR AND HERITAGE. THIS IS SOMETIMES YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE BEAUTY OF WHAT YOU’RE SEEING. I HOPE YOU COULD LEAVE SPACE FOR US TO EXPRESS EXACTLY WHO WE ARE. FOR SOME, SUNDAY IS ...
From schools in Ghana to workplaces in Britain, underpinned by the colonial roots of ‘respectability’, conversations around natural hairstyle persist Last month a Jamaican woman said her teenage son ...
If you think guys don’t have a lot of options when it comes to styling their hair, you couldn’t be more wrong. We saw afros, braids, locs and even bald heads on some of our favorite celebrities this ...
Essence Beauty joined the beauty talk with panelists Gladney, Terrence Baker and Averis Anderson, moderated by Aevin Dugas, to share their texture, style, and hair trauma on the Essence BeautyCon™ ...
The relationship between characters and their Afro-textured hair has become a focus of directors and stylists, who are mindful of Hollywood’s restrictive past. By Tiffany Martinbrough On the recent ...
Twenty-five years ago when I was a young assistant professor, I decided to start growing locs. The process of growing locs (often referred to as “dreadlocks”) is basically when hair binds together and ...