But African American hair braiding styles stood — and still stand — as a direct challenge to those outdated norms. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Black is Beautiful movement sparked a renaissance ...

These hairstyles are beautiful, versatile, and have remained fashionable for decades. They reduce hair breakage and are a ...

Many were using methods like hair relaxers and straighteners to feel beautiful ... news is disheartening — especially as a Black woman who wears braids. And though it's not entirely shocking ...

“Jocelyn, she knows how to write a play — just a beautiful, tight, thoughtful ... MarHadoo Effeh, left, and Hampton Richards, right, on stage during "Jaja's African Hair Braiding." One of those actors ...

It’s been said that you can’t hate someone whose story you know. In Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Jocelyn Bioh has woven a world of characters whose stories we need to know. For ticket information, ...

Tempest Golden, assistant campus director at Tricoci University of Beauty Culture, joined 13News to share about the history of African hair braiding. "Hair braiding was actually used as road maps," ...

A hair salon can be a place of hot topics, personal drama, and a clamor of opinions. However, for West African immigrant ...

“We’ve already done the work for you on an industrial level, so there’s no need to soak our braiding hair,” the 2021 Black Ambition HBCU prize winner says. We can all agree that Black ...

These beautiful butterfly braids were installed in February ... All products were a version of black or dark brown hair. See ...

Ali Rogin (voice-over): On popular shows like Soul Train, black Americans rocked a fro. Others opted for braids, a classic look that exploded again in the late 90s and early 2000s. R and B star ...

Could what happens next be a “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” streaming or television series? Bioh, who has written for the miniseries “Tiny Beautiful Things” and the TV comedy “She’s ...

For many Black Americans, especially women, affording their hair care also means confronting unfavorable beauty standards.