Bestselling Author Tabitha Brown recently held a meet and greet at a Ulta Beauty store Los Angeles to launch her new vegan haircare product, Donna’s Recipe Sweet Potato Pie Collection
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the CROWN Act, banning hair-related discrimination. The measure passed in a vote of 235-189 along party lines.
African Americans have long been punished for appearing in professional or academic settings while wearing their natural hair. In 2010, a Black woman in Alabama refused to cut her dreadlocks, and a job offer disappeared. Last December, a video of a Black high school wrestler who was forced get his dreadlocks cut off before a match, went viral. Not long ago, a Google search for “unprofessional hair” returned results mostly featuring Black women wearing their natural curls or braids.
Tracy Sanders, Esq. speaks on natural hair and the law in the release of her new book: Natural Hair in the Workplace: What are Your Rights?
Reporter: Brittany K. Jackson
Sanders seeks to educate both the employers and employees with natural hair to understand their legal position on the matter
Miss Jessie’s, recognized to be among the leading naturally curly hair care lines, teams up with Great Beginning for Black Babies (GBBB) to distribute products among young mothers of color.
Miss Jessie’s co-founder, Miko Branch, claims that becoming a mother made it impossible to maintain the straight hairstyle in which she was accustomed, and forced her to embrace her naturally curly hair.
All things afrolicious, from African hair scarves to organic beauty products, filled the room as hundreds of Black women came out the Los Angeles Convention Center to celebrate the fourth annual Afrolicious Hair Expo on Sunday, Nov. 8.
More and more, African-American women are ditching the hair relaxers and accepting their natural hair state.