Natural Hair

Frustrated by an inability to find a doll that highlighted her three daughters’ beautiful African-American features, Angelica Sweeting created one of her own. Sweeting, 27, of Miami, Florida, created the Angelica Doll after realizing that her oldest daughter Sophia was unhappy with her kinks and curls because of the straight-haired White dolls she played with […]

One young lady has inspired girls to love themselves and their hair with her award-winning comic book, BuzzFeed reports. Troubled by her natural tresses and skin tone, 7-year-old Natalie McGriff and her mother Angie Nixon from Jacksonville, Fla., came up with the idea of the comic, The Adventures of Moxie Girl. The main character, Moxie Girl, uses a […]

When natural hair icon Titi Branch, co-founder of the wildly successful hair-care line Miss Jessie’s, committed suicide in December 2014, shocked supporters were left devastated. RELATED: 45-Year-Old Founder of Miss Jessie’s Dies But no one felt the pain as much as her sister, best friend and business partner Miko Branch, who is now claiming that Titi’s boyfriend […]

QVC, America’s fave home shopping network has recently come under fire for a segment that appeared featuring an African-American woman modeling a handbag and sporting her natural hair.  As QVC host Sandra Bennett (pictured, below right) and a representative from the Dooney & Burke handbag company describe the handbag, they also made unflattering comments about […]

Just one week after the military announced it would relax its prohibitions on natural hairstyles worn by its African-American ranked enlistees, Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (SW/AW) Jessica Sims (pictured) will reportedly be honorably discharged on Friday, after failing to obey an order to cut off her natural do. Naval officials ruled that Sims’ dreadlocks were out of regulation and […]

Ever so often, a petition comes along so ridiculous, so absolutely ignorant, that it takes our breath away. SEE ALSO: Antaun Teasley: Chef To Miami Heat Player Fatally Shot At Club Ala. Woman ‘Catfishes’ Niece On Facebook, Finds Out Niece Is Plotting To Kill Her A petition started by Change.org user Jasmine Toliver  targeting the lovely coils and […]

Congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee and Gwen Moore are two of 17 women in the Congressional Black Caucus. When news broke recently that the Pentagon was tightening restrictions on hairstyles for female soldiers, most pertaining to natural styles worn commonly by black women, the representatives stepped up and have asked military officials to rethink their new […]

A bit of cultural sensitivity may be coming to Army regulations about hairstyles, as the result of complaints by black lawmakers.  Reports Politico: The Pentagon is reviewing its hairstyle regulations for black women after the Congressional Black Caucus complained the Army had unfairly singled them out in new rules on soldiers’ appearances. Defense Secretary Chuck […]

Wednesday, Roland Martin was joined by a panel of black women in the military to discuss a new Army ban on certain natural hairstyles. The Army has long had a ban on twists and dreadlocks. Very recently, however, it decided to update its Army Regulation 670-1 with more detailed definitions of banned styles. For example, the […]

News anchor Pam McKelvy (pictured) of Tennessee-based WMC-TV has been sharing her journey battling breast cancer since 2012, bravely appearing on air after her chemotherapy with all of her hair gone at one point. After donning a wig for much of the last year, McKelvy removed her wig on air and showcased her natural hair. SEE ALSO: Weather […]

Using your hair as an excuse not to work out simply can’t be an excuse anymore. Dr. Phoenyx Austin, author of the new book “And That’s Why You’re Fat,” breaks down the justifications for not getting fit. “You can’t put your hair above fitness, above health [or] above your body,” said Austin. “There are women […]

Black people can’t seem to breathe in their own skin. Or, in the case of a Louisiana weather woman, their hair. [ione_newsletter_signup] Rhonda Lee, a meteorologist at KTBS 3-TV in Shreveport, La., was reportedly fired over responding to racist Facebook commenters insulting her natural hair, Richard Prince’s Journal-isms reports. SEE ALSO: Can Black Clergy Reframe […]