New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) reintroduced the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act ...

This includes styles in which hair is "tightly coiled or tightly curled, locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, and ...

Democrats have reintroduced federal legislation to ban hair discrimination. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) reintroduced ...

Tyla's parents were sceptical about allowing her to pursue her singing career before they gave her a year to prove herself.

South African stars from ‘The Last Ranger’ dazzle on the Oscars red carpet, showcasing their cultural heritage.

Modern Brazil is what it is today - the foods, the religious traditions, and, of course, the music - in large part because of its African roots ... of those slaves were Bantu.

Carrie Kahn is NPR's International Correspondent based in Mexico City, Mexico. She covers Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. Kahn's reports can be heard on NPR's award-winning news programs ...

Last week, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced legislation aimed at combating racial discrimination against natural hair and protective hairstyles traditionally worn ...

A few storms in our forecast. Saturday will be warm and breezy as the first in the series moves into the region, delivering light rain and snow showers Saturday night into early Sunday morning, snow ...