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Tariffs have been affecting many industries, but now the Black haircare industry is the latest to feel the impact of these ...
A much healthier conversation about Black hair unfolded at this year’s Black Wall Street Legacy Fest Legacy Summit. Jaslyn M.
Set in modern times, the Tony award winning Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, features a delightful and eclectic mix of African ...
A woman says she wants to wants to "start a conversation" about afro hair, including the challenge of finding a salon that ...
Emerging from discarded cans, strung across a salvaged frame and coiling to make a vessel -- hair, specifically Black hair, ...
For many Black Americans, especially women, affording their hair care also means confronting unfavorable beauty standards.
There are many ways to learn to cut and style hair: attending school, or even mastering the art as an apprentice ... why not open a salon in a country and city you’ve only just moved to?
For generations, African American hair braiding styles have ... Whether on the runway, in film or in neighborhood salons, braiding continues to evolve as an art form, a cultural code and a ...
Nicole Jenkins, a professor of sociology and criminology at Howard University, also received a $60,000 grant for “a study about race, class, and gender dynamics of African American hair salons ...
From a young age, Victoria Okwudi, Nurs ’25, was drawn to the art of braiding and styling Black hair. She grew up in admiration of her aunt, who owned her very own salon, and revered all the “grown ...
Veteran Republican political strategist Leo Smith told Salon in a phone interview that Trump's use of Black interests as a way of gaining and maintaining political power has "come to a head" this ...