Free The Hair

Always excited to explore all things but most especially in my hometown! I look forward to sharing the stage with Dr. Kimberly Eison Simmons and master loctician, Maquita James, tomorrow.

We will examine the significance of hair throughout the African diaspora, hair discrimination, the CROWN Act alongside other legal, social and personal reforms aimed to bring about hair equality.

Join us in person at the Richland County (Sandhills) Library or virtually from noon to 1:30!🌟

The Hair

Black Hair Panel: A Civil Rights Discussion | Richland Library Join the Richland Library's African American History and Culture Events Committee for a candid discussion touching on the C.R.O.W.N. Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act) and Hair Discrimination. The program will have a panel discussion and a Q&A session for the audience to...

Beyond excited and honored to deliver the 2024 Hartman Hotz lecture at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville: : Locking Black Hair to Civil Rights Movements!

Many, many thanks to Dean Cynthia Nance and the Fayetteville community for the warmest of welcomes and engagement with my scholarly activism to affirm our human right to express our identities freely and to be free of discrimination when doing so.🌟

University of Arkansas lecturer to speak on Black hair and civil rights Professor D. Wendy Greene will deliver the 2024 Hartman Hotz Lecture

Black student sues governor after school suspended him for his hair The family of Darryl George, a Black student suspended over his locs, argues in a lawsuit that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) hasn’t enforced the Crown Act.

Love to see the fruits and freedom of inter-generational Black entrepreneurship & ingenuity being celebrated. Way to go Micah James! Your Columbia, SC family and friends are so proud of you! 🌟

Meet the entrepreneur whose grooming line caters to men of color Michael James is the creator behind Frederick Benjamin Grooming, a line of products that caters to the needs of melanated skin and hair. He sits down with TODAY's Craig Melvin to talk about how coming from a family of entrepreneurs put him on his journey and how he's paying tribute to his grandfathe...