Black, or Afro-textured, hair has always been at the forefront of African American identity, but its relationship to mainstream America and Hollywood has been complicated.

People who wear African American hairstyles, including natural, dreadlocks, twists, cornrows and braids, would be protected from discrimination in schools and at work under a bill proposed by a ...

But African American hair braiding styles stood — and still stand — as a direct challenge to those outdated norms. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Black is Beautiful movement sparked a renaissance ...

Afro Sheen, one of Johnson’s best-known and more popular products, was released in the late 1960s at a time when African Americans first began to embrace their own hairstyles. Johnson had a ...

If we take a look back at where the art of African hair braiding all began, we’d be weighing up a hefty history that carries over 3,000 years worth of culture, tracing as far back as 3500 B.C.

Ellington and other scholars placed Mr. Morrow in a historical line of African American hair-care entrepreneurs including Madam C.J. Walker, the first Black female millionaire in the United States ...

Afro hairstyles have seen a revival in Cuba, reflecting a renewed embrace of African heritage and a powerful affirmation of cultural identity. Skip to content. ... Cuba Afro-hair styles / screenshot.