Hair

When Black women make mistakes, we deserve compassion, not public ridicule

Black and in Vietnam, my hair is not a spectacle

Our hair is a map to freedom: What I learned about resistance from the “1st” free Black town in the Americas

Don’t touch our hair: In hilarious online game ‘Hair Nah’, Black folk’s hair is off limits

Michael Vick thinks Colin Kaepernick should cut his hair to be more “presentable”

What our fixation on Michelle Obama’s hair says about the space we give Black women to breathe

9-Year-Old Black Girl Sidelined From Soccer Due To Hair Beads

CRWN Is The Black Women’s Magazine We Have All Been Waiting For

Cutting our hair won’t guarantee our “success” but ending white supremacy will

What They Really Mean When They Call Black Hair ‘Unprofessional’

Black Student Forced to Leave School for Not Cutting Dreadlocks

Black Boy on Honor Roll Suspended for ‘Design’ in His Hair

Locs and Twisted Hairstyles Have Been Approved for Women in the Marines

White women using #nappyhair hashtag on Instagram

Petition calls for Jay Z & Beyoncé to comb Blue Ivy’s hair

Lay off of Blue Ivy’s hair!

Black student arrested for filming officers in Texas, dragged by hair

Caught on Camera: Michigan police beat, pepper spray & chop off weave of detained woman

African American girl told to cut, shape hair will not be expelled

Nobody’s Greater Than You

Black waitress fired for having highlights, whites allowed to

Texas Pastor Wants to Ban Weaves from his Church

Hampton U Business School Dean Doubles Down on Dreadlock and Cornrows Ban

Tracee Ellis Ross Launches “Hair Love” Campaign

NYC Art Exhibit Allows Strangers to Touch Various Textures of Black Hair

8 Year-Old Successfully Treated for Alopecia Expelled for Having Too Much Hair?!

STUDY: Many Black Women Avoid Exercise To Maintain Hair

Black Meteorologist Fired for Responding to Racist Facebook Comment About Her Hair

Girl Power: The Smith’s Advice

STUDY: Hair Relaxers Can Cause Health Problems

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