Everyone’s loc journey is different. While some may opt for the style for deeply spiritual and cultural reasons, others may loc their hair simply for the convenience of not needing to maintain loose ...

Black women serving in the United States Army will now, finally, be able to wear their hair in locks (also known as dreadlocks) and twists, after an exhausting and what many believe, unfair fight over ...

*The U.S. Army has lifted its ban on dreadlocks, allowing black women in the branch to serve their country sporting whatever texture they choose, according to The New York Times. Initially, a ban ...

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 ...

Black women serving in the U.S. Army are cheering revised regulations that permit hair locks, ending what critics said were years of scrutiny and confusing enforcement of rules about their appearance.

Some of us love the natural hair movement, but our hair doesn’t seem to support us. Rather than put your stubborn curls on fire with a toxic relaxer, there’s another way to keep your natural hair: ...

Black servicewomen celebrated new regulations in the US Army that now allow them to wear their hair in dreadlocks. Critics complained for years that the Army's regulations placed an unfair burden on ...

Black women serving in the United States Army are celebrating the lift of a ban that previously forbid braids, twists and locs as an appropriate hairstyle. Although the regulation was adjusted within ...

The U.S. Army will now allow servicewomen to have dreadlocks. In a report from The New York Times, the Army announced plans to lift the ban on dreadlocks last month in a memo that focused on grooming ...