As we approach the end of award season, we are looking back at some iconic natural hairstyles that made proud statements on the red carpet.

The City of Mableton has passed a local ordinance aimed at preventing discrimination based on natural hairstyles in schools and workplaces.

Ariana Grande showed off her natural brunette curls as she revealed the eye-popping amount of lip products she keeps in her ...

Inside a Georgia salon, clients rebuild confidence “strand by strand,” says master cosmetologist Dyniecia Barnes, who sees how hair expectations can weigh on people seeking jobs and professional ...

ESSENCE speaks with five professionals about confidently wearing their natural hair and celebrating authenticity at work.

Moore stepped out at a Kérastase event just days after she debuted a short-hair transformation at Milan Fashion Week ...

Last week's race discrimination lawsuit against ART, an organization that had declared anti-racism a core value, points out a sometimes-overlooked element in the long fight for equality: hair.

A Black actress filed a racial discrimination suit against Harvard University’s American Repertory Theater Company in ...

"I was in such profound shock that I lost a sense of who I was," Imoru says in a statement shared with PEOPLE ...

Throughout history, Black hair has taken on many forms and meanings. Hair has symbolized resistance, freedom and pride within the Black community for centuries. For various African societies in the ...

Growing up in Amherst, Yasmin Brandford recalls her family being one of only about 20 Black families in the community. She started learning how to braid hair at age 7, practicing on her Barbies and ...