“For me and so many other Black women, the change was both authentic and freeing,” Washington said. As for the future of the natural hair movement, many are optimistic.

It is just after noon inside Your Natural Image hair salon in South Kansas City, Missouri, on a Thursday in July. The 16-year-old Cornelius Mitchell has just come from under the dryer. Mitchell, a ...

“And when it comes to our Black hair, we've got some of the most beautiful hair that you could ever think of, because we can do so much with our texture.” Strength in abundance Black hair is ...

Starting the natural hair journey can be the start of accepting Black beauty By Mr. Digital Fingers Nov 28, 2023 11:28 am Shutterstock.com / PeopleImages.com - Yuri A ...

“Black women have been conditioned to believe that our hair, in its natural state, is not beautiful, not professional and not manageable,” said Chris-Tia Donaldson, a Chicago-based author who ...

Natural styles, associated with how hair had been worn during enslavement, were deemed unsophisticated. As the Great Migration took hold, African Americans were becoming more cosmopolitan, and ...

Today, the divide in hair among Black women is still present and is evident in how they’re treated in the workforce based on their hair -- a layer of discrimination facing Black women dubbed as ...

Michelle Farris-Lewis, 37, a school counselor and independent filmmaker, said six years ago her daughter's hair was so damaged by a perm that she had to cut it. "I permed her hair (when) she was ...

In the ‘60s, my generation responded with the Afro, signaling a revolution. But the natural hair movement of today feels more like a revival — a communal embrace of a trait that we’ve been ...

She re-emphasizes that the move toward embracing natural hair on-air is a “big deal” because all on-air reporters used to look the same. Still, when Black women appear to be breaking the mold ...

ATLANTA — You have probably seen more people wearing their natural hairstyles these days, from braids and twists to Afros. Channel 2 Action News took a look into Black hair. and why so many men ...