Having an Afro or dreadlocks can mean solitary confinement. Meanwhile, going with mandated hairstyles may be life-threatening ...

Braiding is more than a hairstyle. For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held deep cultural significance, telling stories of survival, status and self-expression. What may ...

Images of this ideal mane of female hair abound on product packaging and advertising materials ... These products claimed to enable African American women to style their hair into longer and looser ...

A 14-year-old Jehua Middle School student was involved in a fight with a smaller, female, African American classmate ... seen pulling his classmate by her hair in a brawl that broke out at ...