Protective styles are the most popular for long-lasting hairstyles for black hair. They not only reduce breakage and ...

Long before African American hair braiding styles reached beauty salons ... years of racial segregation that followed. In times when Black identity was mocked or forced into assimilation, braids ...

One common myth is that there is just one type of Black hair, New York stylist Ellin LaVar says. "African-American hair isn't just very kinky, coarse texture," says LaVar, who has worked with ...

The history of Black hair goes far beyond ... and cultural preservation. African civilizations used intricate braiding as a form of cultural expression and identity long before the transatlantic ...

"The standard of beauty was long ... watch me pick out my hair. She was fascinated with my Afro. I just never understood the fascination with hair." Black history is American history: DeSantis ...

The survey also shows that African American women go to hair salons the most frequently, with six percent of Black women going to a hair salon once a week – double the consumer average.

Black hair continues to be the target of discrimination. Even after decades of striving for equality, diversity and inclusion, African Americans are reminded that we as a people too often are not ...

As I explained in my memoir, Colored People, “So many black ... hair, rather than for Dr. King.” I was joking, of course, but mostly about the holiday; the history and politics of African ...