Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many generations, braids have symbolized unity, culture and beauty, especially within the Black community. The art of braiding ...

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 reportedly played out at Uptown Dance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s nothing like a Black girl and her braids. Philadelphia-based actor, poet, and now author Jaylene Clark Owens’ new children ...

A Civil District Court judge on Thursday evening signed a temporary restraining order that will allow two middle-school girls to return to school while a dispute about their hairstyles continues to ...

While working in the service industry, small business owners sometimes run the risk of being bamboozled by clients who try to wiggle out of paying. One Louisiana hair stylist by the name of Crystal ...

GONZALES, Louisiana (WTVD) -- A young girl's innocent gesture is winning over the hearts of hundreds. On Friday, a second-grade student in Gonzales, Louisiana, asked her mom to braid her hair in a ...

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 old Brooke ...