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    • 8-year-old barred from school picture day because of 'extreme hairstyle' gets an empowering photo shoot
      Pop Culture
      Kerry Justich

      8-year-old barred from school picture day because of 'extreme hairstyle' gets an empowering photo shoot

      Marian Scott, 8, was barred from getting her photo taken on school picture day because her hairstyle was deemed "extreme." Then a professional photographer stepped in to boost her confidence.

    • Black TV reporter reveals natural hair on-air: 'I had to build up the courage’
      Lifestyle
      Elise Solé

      Black TV reporter reveals natural hair on-air: 'I had to build up the courage’

      Brianna Hamblin, a reporter at CBS19, says it took courage to wear her natural hair on television.

    • Photo of mom breastfeeding baby as barber finishes her buzz cut goes viral
      Lifestyle
      Kamilah Newton

      Photo of mom breastfeeding baby as barber finishes her buzz cut goes viral

      “This photo addresses two things that women are constantly criticized for, cutting their hair off and breastfeeding," wrote barber Adrian Fanus on Facebook. "It is time that we embrace what is beautiful and natural."

    • Parents of 8-year-old barred from school photos because of 'extreme hairstyle': 'Race has everything to do with this'
      Lifestyle
      Kerry Justich

      Parents of 8-year-old barred from school photos because of 'extreme hairstyle': 'Race has everything to do with this'

      A third grader in Michigan was pulled out of school pictures and put in the principal's office because of a hairstyle that the school deemed "extreme."

    • 10-year-old girl's motivational video about embracing her natural hair goes viral: ‘Don’t allow anyone to steal your joy’
      Pop Culture
      Kerry Justich

      10-year-old girl's motivational video about embracing her natural hair goes viral: ‘Don’t allow anyone to steal your joy’

      A 10-year-old girl in Nashville got made fun of for wearing her natural hair to school. The next day, she filmed an inspiring video about how she would embrace it anyway.

    • Ava DuVernay speaks out after photo of woman cutting off black man's dreadlocks goes viral: 'Lets replace those images'
      Lifestyle
      Kerry Justich

      Ava DuVernay speaks out after photo of woman cutting off black man's dreadlocks goes viral: 'Lets replace those images'

      Ava DuVernay is responding to viral photos of a white woman cutting a young black boy's locs with a social media campaign encouraging people to embrace their natural locs.

    • Toddler allegedly returns home from daycare with braid ripped off scalp: 'This is a lawsuit'
      Lifestyle
      Mahira Dayal

      Toddler allegedly returns home from daycare with braid ripped off scalp: 'This is a lawsuit'

      The girl said that a “little boy bit her braid” and then ripped it off hear head. But, the daycare provider denied that this happened.

    • Teen denied Six Flags job because of 'extreme hairstyle' gets scouted by modeling agency
      Pop Culture
      Kerry Justich

      Teen denied Six Flags job because of 'extreme hairstyle' gets scouted by modeling agency

      Nearly three months after being denied a summer job because of his natural hair, this teen is building a modeling portfolio to be recruited by IMG Models.

    • Michelle Obama Wore Her Natural Curls, and People Are Living for It
      Beauty
      Glamour

      Michelle Obama Wore Her Natural Curls, and People Are Living for It

      One thousand percent yes.

    • New black Barbie doll wears natural hair, uses a wheelchair: 'Representation like this is so important'
      Lifestyle
      Mahira Dayal

      New black Barbie doll wears natural hair, uses a wheelchair: 'Representation like this is so important'

      The new doll is black, wears natural hair and comes with a wheelchair — complete with real rolling wheels — and a ramp.

    • 'Be yourself, the world will adjust': Television reporter wears braids on-air in break from 'industry standard'
      Pop Culture
      Mahira Dayal

      'Be yourself, the world will adjust': Television reporter wears braids on-air in break from 'industry standard'

      “That industry standard makes no sense to me, I think the focus should be more directed on a journalist’s ability to tell a fair and balanced story than what’s on their head," said the anchor.

    • Solange Tells Magazine 'Don't Touch My Hair' After Her Braided Crown Is Omitted From Cover
      Lifestyle
      Lilly Workneh

      Solange Tells Magazine 'Don't Touch My Hair' After Her Braided Crown Is Omitted From Cover

      The London Evening Standard spoke to the singer about the importance of black hair, then removed part of hers from the cover.

    • Sasha Lane’s Loc Buns and Baby Hair
      Beauty
      Dana Oliver

      Sasha Lane’s Loc Buns and Baby Hair

      Celebrity stylist Jennifer Yepez fashioned Lane's dreadlocks into two round buns and added hair jewels.

    • South African School Under Fire After Being Accused of Banning Black Hairstyles
      Beauty
      Jihan Forbes

      South African School Under Fire After Being Accused of Banning Black Hairstyles

      You would think that of all places in the world, South Africa would be one where black females could wear their hair the way it grows out of their heads. Not so.

    • This New Magazine Is All About the Beauty of Natural Hair
      Beauty
      Mikelle Street

      This New Magazine Is All About the Beauty of Natural Hair

      CRWN Magazine launched the first official issue of their natural hair publication in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on Aug 28. The publication started as a zine handed out for free during the borough’s Afropunk music festival.