Apparently, this very quotidian fixation with black women’s bodies and black women’s hair is now the stuff of art exhibits.

"Hair Love" filmmakers Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver discuss their animated short, which is nominated for a 2020 Oscar.

The Hulu series The Other Black Girl dramatizes the pains of managing Afro-textured hair—and other people’s perceptions of it.

Black Girl Church explores the relationship of Black women to the beauty supply store and why being there can sometimes feel like being in a sanctuary ...

"Getting to the Root" is an art exhibition curated by Amber C. Coleman, Jazmine Beatty, Tehan Ketema and Olivia Richardson, focusing on Black hair culture and the social perceptions surrounding Black ...

Regulations requiring students to have straight black hair are among many intense compulsions to conform in the education system.

But now a bevy of blogs demystify black hair care for kids, aimed at adoptive parents of black daughters, moms in interracial families, and even African-American moms who just want to learn more.

Like many young black girls who were subjected to the subliminal messaging that taught us we should envy our white peers’ silky straight locks, I grew up having a love-hate relationship with my ...