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

In contrast to the warm strawberry red mermaid waves she sported one day before, Ora’s new butt-length black wavy extensions and Audrey Hepburn-style fringe put a punk twist on ...

The SA Coloured community has defended Grammy Award winner Tyla after Americans roasted her new hairstyle she debuted for her ...

Anti-blackness runs rampant amongst all communities and a consequence of that is the pressure placed on Black people to be ...

FORT SMITH, Ark. — Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to travel to space, will visit Fort Smith on Wednesday, April 9. Dr. Jemison will present a talk at the University of ...

President John Dramani Mahama has encouraged African countries to com­plement donor funds for research and innovation. He said it was time African countries intentionally made budgetary allocations ...

Maddie Oliphant was recently crowned the first African-American Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2025. The Hickory native is now prepared to spread her community service platform, Maddie’s Little ...

Notes from Queen Elizabeth II, Cab Calloway, and Grace Kelly lay pressed between the yellowed pages. In 1976, Bailey became the first African American to receive the Screen Actors Guild Life ...

Grunge really took off in the 90s, but there were a handful of grunge bands who were drafting the blueprints of the genre in the late 80s as well. Many of these bands, of course, started in ...

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 ...

Jacqueline “Jackie” Hunter is the new executive director at the African American Museum of Iowa in Cedar Rapids. JIM SLOSIAREK Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook ...