CHICAGO — A new social enterprise is empowering Black girls to feel good about themselves and their natural hair. The workshop for young girls, ‘Braids and Brilliance’ takes place in Br… ...

For $5, students can join the class, A Safe Space for Black Girls That Never Learned How to Braid. The skill is essential for many black women trying to keep their hair healthy while they practice ...

As a black woman on a national science show, I intentionally wear braids and my curly Afro to normalize black hair in stem. In this pic, I’m wearing cornrows to study plants being sent to space ...

For ELLE.com's State of Black Beauty digital issue, the iconic singer and actress, 42, shared what Black beauty means to her and opened up about wearing box braids in the 1997 live action musical ...

"It invents braids and hair extensions as a problem—they are not a problem—and by inventing this problem it creates challenges for black girls to learn," Bernstein said.

Morning Mix Black girls at Mass. school win freedom to wear hair braid extensions May 22, 2017 More than 8 years ago Summary ...

War on Black Hair: Rules Banning Girls With Braids Are Biased, Massachusetts AG Tells Malden Charter School Published May 20, 2017 at 10:31 AM EDT Updated May 26, 2017 at 2:16 AM EDT ...

MALDEN, Mass. -- Two black students at a Boston charter school have received detentions, and may face suspension, for alleged hair code violations, CBS Boston reports. Deanna and Mia Cook, 15, who ...

T.I. is speaking out against a private Catholic school in Louisiana that sent home an 11-year-old black girl this week because her braided hair violated a school rule against hair extensions.