THE CLAIM: Black hair does not grow easily. "Good hair" or looser curl patterns are special because they can grow more in length. During the five-year process it took to prepare her second album, SZA ...

Hope Giselle-Godsey, a Black transgender community organizer and motivational speaker, was on Facebook Live in 2016 with an audience of 120 people when she decided to take a pair of clippers to her ...

I was seven years old when I first got my hair straightened. I remember feeling more beautiful. I went to a predominantly white school and was told by a classmate that I looked like an animal and had ...

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 ...

You may not know her name, but the striking work of self-taught hair artist Elisabeth Anayes Niouky is certainly turning heads. Niouky, based in the West African country of Senegal, crafts modern ...

From Afro Sheen to SheaMoisture, Black hair advertisements have played a pivotal role in shaping beauty standards within our culture. Through commercials showcasing a range of styles from blow outs ...

Each week of February, HR Dive will publish a story in its Black History Month series. Last week’s installment detailed the systemic factors leading to lower retirement savings for Black workers. This ...