Over the weekend a group of young black girls staged a silent protest about the high school’s rules on hair. It took place at their annual fair, which the school uses to raise money.

Protests over black girls’ hair rekindle debate about racism in South Africa. September 3, 2016. Students at Pretoria High School for Girls in South Africa protested after black students were ...

Several students protested outside Pretoria Girls High School in South Africa on Monday, accusing officials of discriminating against black girls at the school and encouraging racist hair policies ...

A throng of people gathered in New York City’s Union Square Park on Saturday to touch black women’s hair. It was all part of a two-day “interactive public art exhibit,” titled “You Can ...

After complaints, Pretoria High is under pressure to look at its policies for black students, who say they should be able to wear natural hair and speak their native languages. There's a protest ...

Students protest discriminatory school policies in South Africa. The girls claim their schools have unfairly targeted black students for their hair ...

Protests over allegedly racist dress codes at a school in South Africa have spilled over online, with people tweeting about how, once again, black women’s hair has become a political issue.

Two advertisements, one showing a black woman’s hair labeling it “frizzy and dull,” the other showing blonde hair, labeling it, “fine and flat” and “normal” set off protests at one ...

A group of black girls in South Africa are fighting to wear their hair naturally. "The system did not allow for black girls to have Afros. It wasn't written in the code of conduct, but they tell ...

Primetime is high stakes in television. It’s the key after dinner hours when more eyeballs, and more ad dollars, are historically up for grabs. Right now, there is only one Black woman hosting a ...

A cultural preoccupation with Black people's hair has also surfaced outside of work. In 2018, a New Jersey high school student was forced to cut off his dreadlocks to compete in a wrestling match ...

In “The Hair Tales,” the series’s host, Tracee Ellis Ross, left, speaks to an array of Black women about their hair, including Oprah Winfrey, who is also an executive producer.