Mass Transit detectives are asking for the public's help with identifying a man they said robbed another passenger on a CTA ...

African-American consumers are making gains and upending outdated stereotypes on multiple fronts—with affluence, influence and cultural diversity all on the rise. What are the consumption habits of ...

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

More than a dozen firefighters are suing D.C. Fire and EMS over its clean shave policy, saying it discriminates against employees who have beards for medical or religious reasons. D.C. Fire enacted ...

Soldiers with skin conditions like razor bumps will no longer be granted permanent medical waivers that allow them to grow beards and could be kicked out of the Army if they are not clean shaven.

D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (DCFEMS) are facing a lawsuit filed by seventeen African American ...

AFRICAN AMERICANS. Cleveland's African American community is almost as old as the city itself. GEORGE PEAKE, the first Black settler, arrived in 1809 and by 1860 there were 799 Black people living in ...

Soldiers who require prolonged shaving waivers, which disproportionately affects Black troops, could be removed from the Army ...

Amara La Negra shares her journey of embracing her natural hair and her thoughts on the policing of Black women's hair.

Captain America in a beard? He’d never conceived of such a thing before. That's exactly what brought me to this park on a beautiful summer day.

A new study from BLK’s #FreeYourCrown campaign highlights how women embracing curls, coils, and confidence like never before.