Natural Hair

Black hair. Office scene showing three people of color. Two Black women with natural hair and a Latinx man with short dark hair and facial hair.
N. Jamiyla Chisholm  Aug 15, 2019 1:41PM EDT

Campaign Seeks Federal Discrimination Protection for Black Hair

A new Color of Change petition says: “Across America, Black people are policed, humiliated and even sent home because employers and peers want to control our expression. We won bills that end hair discrimination in two states, and now we are fighting to end it across the nation.”
NYC new guidelines on hair discrimination
Ayana Byrd  Feb 19, 2019 3:12PM EST

New York City Says Businesses Can't Discriminate Based on Hair

Not only can the city force companies to rehire employers who were let go due to this racial discrimination, but it can also levy penalties up to $250,000.
A Black woman with a short natural haircut wearing a denim shirt and colorful necklace stands in front of trees in the woods
Akiba Solomon  Jul 14, 2017 11:15AM EDT

Dr. Yaba Blay for The Root: Black Hair Conversations That Don't Consider White Supremacy Pathologize Black Women

In the first of a new video series from The Root, ethnographer, producer and professor Yaba Blay makes sense of the race politics and meaning of hair as it grows out of Black women’s scalps.  
Black woman sits in chair with messed up hair, she is flanked by two women
Ayana Byrd  Aug 4, 2016 4:13PM EDT

'Today' Committed a Crime Against Black Hair—Then Posted It Online

This now-viral video shows what happens when you combine live morning television with racial cluelessness.
Sameer Rao  Nov 13, 2015 11:58AM EST

Maria Borges Makes History with Natural Hair at Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

The Angolan is the first black supermodel to sport natural hair during the annual televised fashion show.
Sameer Rao  Aug 3, 2015 2:29PM EDT

New W Magazine Pictorial Exclusively Features Black Models With Natural Hair

A new photospread exclusively featuring black models is prominently featured in the August issue of W magazine. 
Jorge Rivas  Jun 7, 2013 8:08AM EDT

Real Life Black Hair Exhibit You Can Touch in NYC's Union Square

Three black women with three different hair types are standing in Union Square this weekend holding signs that read “You can touch my hair.”