The way Black people style their hair carries deep historical and spiritual significance. With so many styles that have served as a form of self-expression, resistance, and empowerment, Black ...

A TikTok posted Sunday of a woman teaching her students the history of the term “dreadlocks” has gone viral with 1.8 million views and 405,000 likes by Thursday. The TikTok, posted by ...

Fans accused the “Peaches” singer of cultural appropriation for styling his hair in dreadlocks last month Janine Henni is a Royals Staff Writer for PEOPLE Digital, covering modern monarchies and the ...

A federal judge this week dismissed a majority of the claims in a Black Texas high school student's lawsuit against his school district, which accused officials there of racial and gender ...

Darryl George, a 18-year-old junior, looks before walking across the street to go into Barbers Hill High School after serving a 5-day in-school suspension for not cutting his hair Monday, Sept. 18, ...

A Black teenager in Texas repeatedly suspended for his dreadlocks will get his day in court Thursday in a case that advocates say has broad implications for racial hair discrimination. Darryl George, ...

As a kid, John wasn’t allowed to grow out his hair. “My parents didn't want me to have long hair because, [in] their culture, that meant something negative,” he says. “Basically, you were a certain ...

The battle for the souls of Black folks has been waged on many fronts. Hair has long been among the most contentious, from today’s braids and dreads all the way back to the intricate and symbolic ...

MEDICAL student Emma Dawes is on a crusade to save the lives of African orphans, but now must face the moment she's been dreading. Ms Dawes, 25, travelled to Zambia this year as part of her studies ...

For years, Alli Nansolo grappled with whether to cut his son’s dreadlocks or not. Although it is not a legal requirement in Malawi, an unwritten policy enforced across government schools meant his son ...

Lady Gaga should have the Nobel Prize for self promotion (if it existed) as every attempt she makes to secure attention on her music is creative genius! And the signer's latest escapade didn't ...