The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a former Louisiana prison inmate whose dreadlocks were shaved by guards in ...

Locs, or dreadlocks as they are more commonly known, have a long and complex history that twists together many cultural strands spanning centuries and civilizations. In their book Hair Story ...

Education News Barbers Hill ISD violating CROWN Act while punishing Black student with dreadlocks, lawmaker says Darryl George, an 18-year-old Black student at Barbers Hill High School, has faced ...

Adeoye Jr., one of the most recent additions to the Kinda Funny Games crew, has his own series examining aspects of games and design. In his latest episode, “ We Need To Fix Black Hair in Video ...

About US is a forum to explore issues of race and identity in the United States. Sign up for the newsletter. It has been two years since I made peace with my alopecia. I marked the moment on ...

That’s why I try to avoid using the word “dreadlocks.” There is nothing dreadful about my hair. From my perspective, growing locs can be one of most beautiful periods in a person’s life.

Against background sounds of African drumming and reggae, “Nappy” features intimate interviews and Afrocentric proselytizing by African-American women who wear their hair in dreadlocks, Afros ...

As she visited the set of “Waiting to Exhale,” novelist Terry McMillan wanted to know just one thing: “Where’s the nappy hair in this movie?” Good question. I mean, wh… ...

I decided to just grow out my hair and dread it, because I felt like it symbolised me never losing that part of my heritage. I'm Ghanaian, so I went back to Ghana for my 30th birthday with ten ...