Mr. Johnson’s hair product company, a longtime sponsor of “Soul Train,” was the first Black-owned company listed on a major ...

Caring for textured, curly, coily, kinky hair differs from flat, straight hair care routines. You need different products and have entirely different routines. That’s all to say that caring for ...

In honor of the late, great visionary entrepreneur, George E. Johnson, here are five ways he innovated the Black beauty ...

Ruka Hair, a biotech beauty brand pioneering lab-grown hair extensions, is hitting the shelves of a leading beauty retailer.

The debate surrounding AmandaUpNext is about more than jokes—it’s about why negative conversations around Black hair have ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Illinois State Representative Sonya Harper about George E. Johnson, the entrepreneur who invented Afro Sheen and other Black hair care products, who died last week.

THE CLAIM: Black hair does not grow easily. "Good hair" or looser curl patterns are special because they can grow more in length. During the five-year process it took to prepare her second album, SZA ...

Many in the Black community see Black hair as an art medium. But what is art without an artist? Kamryn Z. Bess “Growing up and watching my mom do my sister’s hair is a core memory,” says Kerry Riley, ...

Each week of February, HR Dive will publish a story in its Black History Month series. Last week’s installment detailed the systemic factors leading to lower retirement savings for Black workers. This ...

I was seven years old when I first got my hair straightened. I remember feeling more beautiful. I went to a predominantly white school and was told by a classmate that I looked like an animal and had ...

In order to be hired and promoted within a workplace, many Black women have made the decision to chemically straighten their hair. Hair bias also shows up when it comes time for advancement and ...