The way Black people style their hair carries deep historical and spiritual significance. With so many styles that have served as a form of self-expression, resistance, and empowerment, Black ...

A 12-year-old black girl from Virginia has recanted an accusation that her white sixth grade classmates pinned her down and cut off her dreadlocks, her family said in a statement Monday. Stephen ...

It's an ancient hairstyle that's gone high-profile. Dreadlocks have been around for centuries. Some reports cite the discovery of mummified remains, hundreds and even thousands of years old, that had ...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in the case of a Rastafarian man who brought charges against a Louisiana prison for shaving his dreadlocks, accusing correction center officials of ...

A seventh-grade student at a private school in Virginia was told he must remove his dreadlocks — even though he has had them at the school since third grade. Isaiah Freeman, 13, was pulled out of West ...

A TikTok posted Sunday of a woman teaching her students the history of the term “dreadlocks” has gone viral with 1.8 million views and 405,000 likes by Thursday. The TikTok, posted by ...

A child born with natural dreadlocks is unique, especially among some African countries; and they ascribe to them somewhat spiritual capabilities such as gift of healing and ability to foresee future, ...

When photos of natural hair mavens rocking carefree, Lisa Bonet-inspired locs starting circulating around the Interwebs, we instantly became inspired. If you’re like the thousands of women who have ...

At one point or another, a black man needs to go through his dreadlocks period. The best time for that period is college, or from ages 18 to 28. True, there are black men with dreadlocks in their 60s, ...

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