THE HISTORY OF BLACK HAIR TRACES BACK MORE THAN 5000 YEARS IN AFRICAN CULTURE, WHEN STYLES LIKE BRAIDS AND LOCKS WERE A PART OF THEIR IDENTITY. BUT DURING SLAVERY, BLACK PEOPLE WERE STRIPPED OF ...
The CROWN Act (Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair) says that European beauty standards have allowed a history of some workplace dress codes banning natural black hair.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with video game designer and UC Santa Cruz professor A.M. Darke, about her work on a new computer algorithm that more accurately illustrates Black hair.