Having an Afro or dreadlocks can mean solitary confinement. Meanwhile, going with mandated hairstyles may be life-threatening ...

to get it straight enough to put a finger wave in the hair.“ Back in the day, Black people with traditionally thick curly hair, wanted to fit into white culture, hoping to be hired for jobs.

Whether your curls are fine, thick, kinky, coily or damaged ... friends’ choices or reaching for whatever’s on offer at black hair shops. Even when we spend our hard earned coins on something ...

invisible layers gave my straight hair volume and my curly hair shape. “They work well for thick or for fine hair,” says Percival, going on to describe that they have different purposes.