Almost every Black woman or girl has, at some point, purchased hair extensions for box braids, boho braids, twists or faux ...

Chief Sick and tired of having to constantly read racist commentary in the mainstream press of the United States, free Black Americans Rev.

The quilts of Harriet Powers, born into slavery, are being memorialized with “Forever” stamps as a ...

UVA professor Oludamini Ogunnaike discusses his work and inspiration after reading at the Library of Congress.

More than 125 years after Du Bois presented his works in Paris, the AJC has re-created the visualizations and photographs ...

Instant locs, also known as insta-locs, is a loc method using a crochet tool to instantly loc natural hair. It takes about 4 ...

Throughout history, Black hair has taken on many forms and meanings. Hair has symbolized resistance, freedom and pride within ...

On the shoreline of Watamu, a coastal town on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast, Teresia Njeri raises her hand to signal her team. Together, they lift a large male green sea turtle into a reinforced carrying ...

She's the award-winning hairdresser in such demand in Burnley that her clients went out of their way to find her a salon here.

Clark Curtis is the founder of Odyssey For Democracy, a non-profit organization working to be a voice to those who might not have one. One way he’s ...

PANO - Anyone who has set foot in the sun-scorched land of the Central African Republic wearing the U.N. blue beret would feel a special warmth when hearing the affectionate nickname “little Duc.” ...

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