For Black girls, French braids can be styled to accommodate natural or textured hair, providing a protective option that ...

Even in one of The Root’s Blackest Cities in America—black girls can’t wear natural hair for a black-themed musical production.This is the scenario that ...

According to PIX11, two Harlem girls were banned from wearing their braids in the annual Christmas ‘Nutcracker’ production. Lisa Skinner says her two daughters, 9-year old April and 10-year ...

The Black Girl's Braid Dictionary, From Box Braids to Marley Twists. By Jessica Cruel. Updated on Sep 4, 2019 at 2:30 PM. Ever since I was a little girl, Summer was the time my mother would braid ...

CHICAGO — A new social enterprise is empowering Black girls to feel good about themselves and their natural hair. The workshop for young girls, ‘Braids and Brilliance’ takes place in Br… ...

War on Black Hair: Wearing Braids Gets Black Girls Banned From Prom at Malden Charter School in Massachusetts. Published May 12, 2017 at 11:00 AM EDT Updated May 23, 2017 at 6:16 PM EDT.

T.I. is speaking out against a private Catholic school in Louisiana that sent home an 11-year-old black girl this week because her braided hair violated a school rule against hair extensions.

Clad in Coachella-approved attire, the 26-year-old model conquered weekend one of the festival in rainbow box braids. ... who plays Zoey on “Black-ish,” gave an inspiring and woke speech while ...

A hairy situation turned bloody at a barbershop after a hairdresser started chopping off a girl’s new braids after her mother allegedly refused to pay a $25 late fee.. An 11-year-old girl had an ...

Ntozake Shange’s iridescent choreopoem “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf” is the story of Black women and their often-disregarded human experiences ...