After a long battle to include protective hairstyles for women of color in their uniform policy, the Marine Corps Uniform Board 215 decided to make the traditional hairstyles permissible options, as long as the styles are "professional and neat in appearance."
An eighth-grader was reduced to tears and utter embarrassment last week when she was sent to the principal’s office for simply wearing her natural hair.…
No one enjoys an interruption at dinner. But for Mad Men actress Teyonah Parris, an awkward encounter turned into a thoroughly unpleasant experience when 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.…
For the first time ever women of color can go to one location to learn, discover and share information about their hair care needs and desires. We introduce to you Hairologie! Hairologie was created BY a black woman FOR black women. Saana Holley, CEO and President of Hairologie, asked herself these questions while conceptualizing the app: […]
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
