A photographer's journey to the Gulf Coast city yields 16 images that reveal how its natural beauty melds with its momentous ...

But African American hair braiding styles stood — and still stand — as a direct challenge to those outdated norms. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Black is Beautiful movement sparked a renaissance ...

"African-American hair isn't just very kinky, coarse texture," says LaVar, who has worked with celebrities including Angela Bassett, Naomi Campbell, Iman, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, and Oprah.

African American History. ... A photographer’s journey to the Gulf Coast city yields 16 images that reveal how its natural beauty melds with its momentous role in Black history.

As a Black woman, I can never easily walk into an unknown hair salon and get serviced due to the lack of education around natural textures.This is also the case for Washington-based TikToker Mimi ...

Khalil Peaks has been with Ann Arbor’s African American Festival since the beginning. “When I started my business back in the ’70s, and when this festival started, I enjoyed coming up here because I ...