JaQ Lee, a middle school teacher, is facing criticism for permitting a group of his female students to remove his braids just 10 minutes before dismissal. He livestreamed the entire event. On May 8, ...

Officials with Riverside Academy in Reserve are apologizing after a letter sent to parents mistakenly said braids were prohibited during the school year. The letter was sent to parents on July 22, ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — There's an after-school club at Rock Island's Washington Jr. High that's weaving together style, creativity and entrepreneurship. Meet the braiding club! On Monday afternoons, ...

MALDEN, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts Charter Public School Association is criticizing a school for disciplining and suspending black and biracial students because their hairstyles violate the school ...

After suspending a young Black boy in Texas for wearing braided hair, a Texas school board is now facing a lawsuit. According to KCEN TV, Hope Cozart said that her 11-year-old son, Maddox, was given ...

More than 200 children got haircuts and hairstyles and a backpack with school supplies at the 8th annual Mary Lou Hazelrigg Braids and Fades event, held Sunday at Bones Hooks Park in the North Heights ...

Despite a growing conversation centered on celebrating black hair, styles like cornrows and bantu knots are still being deemed "unprofessional" in certain settings. From a Banana Republic employee ...

Four-year-old Jett Hawkins wanted a cute hairstyle. His mother, Ida Nelson, was happy to oblige, braiding her son’s hair so that he could show it off to his teachers and fellow students at Providence ...

A black sixth-grade girl has been booted from her Louisiana Catholic school for wearing hair extensions. Video shows a teary-eyed Faith Fennidy exiting the New Orleans-area school with relatives as ...