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

Black movies have a powerful influence on our style, especially regarding hair. Iconic characters often set trends that ...

I just want to wear my hair how I want and not have to explain it every single time. But that’s the reality of being a Black woman in predominantly white spaces: even your hair becomes a political ...

Naeemah LaFond isn’t just a hairstylist; she sees texture as her canvas. She’s the stylist behind cloudlike Afros on the ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Tina Knowles, the mother of artists Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Solange Knowles, about her new ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Tina Knowles, the mother of artists Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Solange Knowles, about her new ...

“If they did, I didn’t know where they were because I had the little ... most of the girls in the sorority — who were not black — saying, ‘What’s that smell? Is hair burning?'” ...

The woman who raised Beyoncé has written a deeply empathetic memoir on family cycles and the power of self actualization.

From Hello Kitty to Pikachu, the country changed what the world considers adorable. But do these characters represent joy — ...