by October Gallery
Twenty years ago, Patricia Gaines had a terrible hair experience with a chemical relaxer and was left with extremely short hair. For decades, she’d used the “creamy crack” to straighten…
Hair has long been a way for Black athletes to convey their personality. For those in team sports, hair can be a means to stand out beyond the name on…
Black hair is political. There’s no way around that. The way Black people style their hair long has been closely associated with our personal pride and the power that we’ve…
Black people have been suspended from school and have been barred from employment due to their hair texture. However, Black hairstyles and salons continue to connect Black people across the…
His Texas school district didn’t listen when high school senior DeAndre Arnold spoke up about the importance of growing his locs. But celebrities like Matthew A. Cherry, Gabrielle Union and…
Texas high school student DeAndre Arnold has learned that he would have to cut his locs to be allowed to walk across the stage at his upcoming graduation. The Black…
The NFL, Roc Nation and a lesser known Chicago nonprofit organization have received swift scrutiny after old tweets and photos from the nonprofit resurfaced this week. On Thursday, the Twitter…
A number of black models, actors and actresses are having a continuing conversation on Twitter about black hair and the importance of working with hairstylists who know how to style…
A video has surfaced on Twitter showing someone cutting a high school wrestler’s locs at a match, sparking outrage and conversations about the trauma black people experience over the racist…
As a black woman, Lupita Nyong’o knows just how important it is to speak up about her hair. “My hair is something that, historically, has been shunned,” the “Black Panther”…