Natural Hair
Hair texture discrimination and the movements against it, including the natural-hair movement and the CROWN Act.
Part of Beauty Standards
86 moments in this segment.
- - RBG-Why We Wear Our Hair Like This 1968, Kathleen Cleaver of the BPP Breaks It Down. Kathleen Cleaver, speaking for the Black Panther Party in 1968, explains on camera why she and others had stopped straightening their hair and what the Afro was meant to say.
- - NEGRITA Documentary- Fundraising Trailer 2014. Afro-Latina women in New York describe being called negrita and the colour and texture hierarchy they grew up inside, in a short trailer for a longer project.
- - Cheyenne Cochrane: A celebration of natural hair | TED. Cheyenne Cochrane recounts the years she spent straightening her hair and the decision to stop, setting it against what American workplaces have treated as professional.
- - Cheyenne Cochrane: A celebration of natural hair | TED. Cheyenne Cochrane recounts the years she spent straightening her hair and the decision to stop, setting it against what American workplaces have treated as professional.
- - THE LOCUMENTARY | Natural Hair Documentary. People who wear locs describe starting them, maintaining them over years, and the reactions they draw at work and in their families.
- - THE LOCUMENTARY | Natural Hair Documentary. People who wear locs describe starting them, maintaining them over years, and the reactions they draw at work and in their families.
- - Family of girl out of school over 'hair extensions' holds press conference. A Louisiana family speaks to reporters after their daughter was removed from class over a school rule on hair extensions, and their lawyer outlines what they intend to do.
- - Family of girl out of school over 'hair extensions' holds press conference. A Louisiana family speaks to reporters after their daughter was removed from class over a school rule on hair extensions, and their lawyer outlines what they intend to do.
- - To The Roots | Afro-Caribbean Hair Documentary. Caribbean women in Britain talk about relaxers, salon visits and what their mothers told them, tracing the styling habits carried across the Atlantic.
- - To The Roots | Afro-Caribbean Hair Documentary. Caribbean women in Britain talk about relaxers, salon visits and what their mothers told them, tracing the styling habits carried across the Atlantic.
- - Natural Hair Social Documentary | Public Reactions to Afro Hair in London. Londoners are stopped in the street and asked what they think when they see Afro-textured hair, and the answers are set beside interviews with people who wear it.
- - Natural Hair Social Documentary | Public Reactions to Afro Hair in London. Londoners are stopped in the street and asked what they think when they see Afro-textured hair, and the answers are set beside interviews with people who wear it.
- - The Crown Act: Aims to prevent hair discrimination. A Missouri station explains the aims of proposed legislation barring employers and schools from penalising natural hairstyles, with supporters describing the cases behind it.
- - The Crown Act: Aims to prevent hair discrimination. A Missouri station explains the aims of proposed legislation barring employers and schools from penalising natural hairstyles, with supporters describing the cases behind it.
- - Detangling the Stigma | A Natural Hair Documentary. Women who stopped relaxing their hair talk about the transition period, the products they had to relearn, and how relatives reacted to the change.
- - Detangling the Stigma | A Natural Hair Documentary. Women who stopped relaxing their hair talk about the transition period, the products they had to relearn, and how relatives reacted to the change.
- - The History of Locs: Past and Present Spiritual, Mental, and Physical Meaning of Locs. Locs are followed through Rastafari practice in Jamaica, sadhu traditions in India, and older African precedents, with attention to what the style has meant to each.
- - The History of Locs: Past and Present Spiritual, Mental, and Physical Meaning of Locs. Locs are followed through Rastafari practice in Jamaica, sadhu traditions in India, and older African precedents, with attention to what the style has meant to each.
- - Amendment Made To CROWN Act. Pittsburgh coverage reports a change to the wording of a hair discrimination measure, with the sponsor explaining what the amendment alters.
- - Amendment Made To CROWN Act. Pittsburgh coverage reports a change to the wording of a hair discrimination measure, with the sponsor explaining what the amendment alters.
- - Getting back to their roots: Fighting hair discrimination with Crown Act bill. Florida advocates pushing a state hair discrimination bill describe what happened to them at school and at work, and what the proposed text would cover.
- - Getting back to their roots: Fighting hair discrimination with Crown Act bill. Florida advocates pushing a state hair discrimination bill describe what happened to them at school and at work, and what the proposed text would cover.
- - WATCH THIS BEFORE DOING LOCS‼| The History of Locs|Locs and Spirituality + Religion. Religious and spiritual claims attached to locs, in Rastafari and elsewhere, are laid out alongside the practical commitments of starting and keeping them.
- - WATCH THIS BEFORE DOING LOCS‼| The History of Locs|Locs and Spirituality + Religion. Religious and spiritual claims attached to locs, in Rastafari and elsewhere, are laid out alongside the practical commitments of starting and keeping them.
- - Black is Beautiful: The Evolution of Self-Love in Black History. The Black is Beautiful slogan is followed from the Harlem photography and fashion shows of the 1960s into the broader shift in what American media would put on a cover.
- - Black is Beautiful: The Evolution of Self-Love in Black History. The Black is Beautiful slogan is followed from the Harlem photography and fashion shows of the 1960s into the broader shift in what American media would put on a cover.
- - The Crown Act: Working to end hair discrimination. Tampa advocates and lawmakers discuss a proposed hair discrimination measure, laying out which styles it names and the workplace complaints behind it.
- - The Crown Act: Working to end hair discrimination. Tampa advocates and lawmakers discuss a proposed hair discrimination measure, laying out which styles it names and the workplace complaints behind it.
- - Activists push for anti-discrimination laws focused on natural hair on ‘Crown Day’. Campaigners marking a day of action press state legislators and Congress to bar hair-based discrimination, and describe the incidents they say show why.
- - Activists push for anti-discrimination laws focused on natural hair on ‘Crown Day’. Campaigners marking a day of action press state legislators and Congress to bar hair-based discrimination, and describe the incidents they say show why.
- - Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite, Now Open at the Blanton Museum of Art. Kwame Brathwaite's studio portraits of the Grandassa Models, made in Harlem from the early 1960s, hang in an Austin gallery in a short exhibition introduction.
- - Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite, Now Open at the Blanton Museum of Art. Kwame Brathwaite's studio portraits of the Grandassa Models, made in Harlem from the early 1960s, hang in an Austin gallery in a short exhibition introduction.
- - 'Major win for the entire community' | Fischer signs CROWN Act ordinance. Louisville's mayor signs a local ordinance barring discrimination over natural hairstyles, with organisers speaking at the signing about how the measure came together.
- - 'Major win for the entire community' | Fischer signs CROWN Act ordinance. Louisville's mayor signs a local ordinance barring discrimination over natural hairstyles, with organisers speaking at the signing about how the measure came together.
- - A look at CROWN Act, which bans discrimination because of hair l GMA. Morning television covers what the CROWN Act prohibits, the states that had adopted it, and the school and workplace incidents supporters cite when pressing for it.
- - A look at CROWN Act, which bans discrimination because of hair l GMA. Morning television covers what the CROWN Act prohibits, the states that had adopted it, and the school and workplace incidents supporters cite when pressing for it.
- - Black Crown - A Natural Hair Documentary. Stylists and clients in a Black salon discuss texture, length retention and what customers ask for, built around the daily work of the chair.
- - Black Crown - A Natural Hair Documentary. Stylists and clients in a Black salon discuss texture, length retention and what customers ask for, built around the daily work of the chair.
- - The Crown Act: The history of hair. Ohio coverage sets out what the CROWN Act legislation covers, which states had adopted versions of it at the time, and the incidents that prompted the campaign.
- - The Crown Act: The history of hair. Ohio coverage sets out what the CROWN Act legislation covers, which states had adopted versions of it at the time, and the incidents that prompted the campaign.
- - Hair Story: A Love Letter To Black Hair. Stylists, writers and wearers assemble a portrait of Black hair in Britain, from barbershop and salon culture to the styles that carry across generations.
- - Hair Story: A Love Letter To Black Hair. Stylists, writers and wearers assemble a portrait of Black hair in Britain, from barbershop and salon culture to the styles that carry across generations.
- - Hair Discrimination Can Start as Early as 5: Support the CROWN Act. A campaign spot from a soap brand backing the CROWN Act argues that children are treated differently over their hair from their earliest school years.
- - Hair Discrimination Can Start as Early as 5: Support the CROWN Act. A campaign spot from a soap brand backing the CROWN Act argues that children are treated differently over their hair from their earliest school years.
- - Beyond Curls & Kinks. Canadian women with curly and coily hair describe finding stylists trained for their texture, and the gaps in that training they had to work around.
- - Beyond Curls & Kinks. Canadian women with curly and coily hair describe finding stylists trained for their texture, and the gaps in that training they had to work around.
- - How the CROWN Act Protects People from Hair-Based Discrimination | Clarified. An explainer walks through which hairstyles CROWN Act statutes name, what protection they add to existing discrimination law, and where the state-by-state adoption stood.
- - How the CROWN Act Protects People from Hair-Based Discrimination | Clarified. An explainer walks through which hairstyles CROWN Act statutes name, what protection they add to existing discrimination law, and where the state-by-state adoption stood.
- - The tangled history of black hair discrimination in the US - BBC News. American school and workplace rules on hair are traced through the students and employees who were sent home over them, and the state laws later passed in response beginning with California in 2019.
- - The tangled history of black hair discrimination in the US - BBC News. American school and workplace rules on hair are traced through the students and employees who were sent home over them, and the state laws later passed in response beginning with California in 2019.
- - The CROWN Act: Federal Protection for Black Natural Hairstyles. A civil rights legal panel examines the federal CROWN Act bill, which passed the US House in 2022 but did not become law, and how it would have related to existing protections.
- - The CROWN Act: Federal Protection for Black Natural Hairstyles. A civil rights legal panel examines the federal CROWN Act bill, which passed the US House in 2022 but did not become law, and how it would have related to existing protections.
- - Spiritual Antenna : A Loc Journey Documentary. One woman's loc journey is documented over time, with her account of what she was told about her hair growing up and what changed after she started.
- - Spiritual Antenna : A Loc Journey Documentary. One woman's loc journey is documented over time, with her account of what she was told about her hair growing up and what changed after she started.
- - Black Power in Hair | Babybangz | The New Yorker Documentary. A New Orleans salon built around textured hair is followed through its clients and its founder, who links the work to older traditions of the Black hairdressing trade.
- - Black Power in Hair | Babybangz | The New Yorker Documentary. A New Orleans salon built around textured hair is followed through its clients and its founder, who links the work to older traditions of the Black hairdressing trade.
- - Black Is Beautiful: Kwame Brathwaite on CBS News 8-24-22. Kwame Brathwaite's photographs and the Grandassa Models he shot in 1960s Harlem are introduced in a short news segment marking a museum showing of the work.
- - Black Is Beautiful: Kwame Brathwaite on CBS News 8-24-22. Kwame Brathwaite's photographs and the Grandassa Models he shot in 1960s Harlem are introduced in a short news segment marking a museum showing of the work.
- - Discrimination or discipline? Let’s talk about those school haircut rules. Philippine school haircut regulations are argued over by students, parents and administrators, with disagreement about where grooming policy ends and discrimination begins.
- - Discrimination or discipline? Let’s talk about those school haircut rules. Philippine school haircut regulations are argued over by students, parents and administrators, with disagreement about where grooming policy ends and discrimination begins.
- - A Dominican Family on the Legacies of Hair | The New Yorker Documentary. Three generations of a Dominican family disagree about blowouts, relaxers and what counts as good hair, filmed in and around the salons of their neighbourhood.
- - A Dominican Family on the Legacies of Hair | The New Yorker Documentary. Three generations of a Dominican family disagree about blowouts, relaxers and what counts as good hair, filmed in and around the salons of their neighbourhood.
- - 'Black Is Beautiful' exhibit showcases pivotal 1960s movement. An exhibition of photographs from the 1960s Black is Beautiful movement is walked through by curators, who point out the models, the fashion shows and the Harlem scene behind the images.
- - 'Black Is Beautiful' exhibit showcases pivotal 1960s movement. An exhibition of photographs from the 1960s Black is Beautiful movement is walked through by curators, who point out the models, the fashion shows and the Harlem scene behind the images.
- - DREADLOCKS DOCUMENTARY 2023. Nigerian wearers of dreadlocks describe how the style is read at home, including encounters with police and employers who treat it as a signal of something else.
- - DREADLOCKS DOCUMENTARY 2023. Nigerian wearers of dreadlocks describe how the style is read at home, including encounters with police and employers who treat it as a signal of something else.
- - a brief history of dreadlocks #blackhistory. Ancient and modern appearances of matted and coiled hair are set out briefly, from archaeological finds to the Jamaican movements that gave the style its present associations.
- - a brief history of dreadlocks #blackhistory. Ancient and modern appearances of matted and coiled hair are set out briefly, from archaeological finds to the Jamaican movements that gave the style its present associations.
- - they're called locs, not dreads *the history of Black hair*. The argument for calling the style locs rather than dreads is made in full, with the etymology behind the older word and the broader hair history it sits inside.
- - they're called locs, not dreads *the history of Black hair*. The argument for calling the style locs rather than dreads is made in full, with the etymology behind the older word and the broader hair history it sits inside.
- - EXPOSING the TRUTH behind the natural hair movement (it was all lies). A commentator argues that the natural hair movement was absorbed by the product industry it began in reaction to, and works through the marketing she says demonstrates it.
- - EXPOSING the TRUTH behind the natural hair movement (it was all lies). A commentator argues that the natural hair movement was absorbed by the product industry it began in reaction to, and works through the marketing she says demonstrates it.
- - WATCH THIS BEFORE STARTING LOCS‼ | Untold History of Locs | Who Wore Them First?. Practical advice for people considering locs is folded into a longer account of who wore them first and what the style signalled in those settings.
- - WATCH THIS BEFORE STARTING LOCS‼ | Untold History of Locs | Who Wore Them First?. Practical advice for people considering locs is folded into a longer account of who wore them first and what the style signalled in those settings.
- - CROWN Act signed into law by Gov. Josh Shapiro. Governor Josh Shapiro signs Pennsylvania's version of the hair discrimination law, with supporters at the ceremony describing the campaign that got it through.
- - CROWN Act signed into law by Gov. Josh Shapiro. Governor Josh Shapiro signs Pennsylvania's version of the hair discrimination law, with supporters at the ceremony describing the campaign that got it through.
- - The Journey of Locs | The Untold History of Dreadlocks (Full Documentary). A loctician traces the style across continents and centuries, covering the naming dispute around the word dreadlocks and where it came from.
- - The Journey of Locs | The Untold History of Dreadlocks (Full Documentary). A loctician traces the style across continents and centuries, covering the naming dispute around the word dreadlocks and where it came from.
- - The Rise of Black Beauty (4.10-4.12) A Griot's History. A griot-style narration covers the emergence of a distinct Black beauty market in the United States, its early manufacturers and the imagery they sold with.
- - The Rise of Black Beauty (4.10-4.12) A Griot's History. A griot-style narration covers the emergence of a distinct Black beauty market in the United States, its early manufacturers and the imagery they sold with.
- - The Future of Natural Hair. Where textured hair care goes next is debated by a British host and her guests, covering product formulation, salon training and the professional expectations still placed on wearers.
- - The Future of Natural Hair. Where textured hair care goes next is debated by a British host and her guests, covering product formulation, salon training and the professional expectations still placed on wearers.
- - The CROWN Act Explained | Why Black Hair Discrimination Is Still Happening. An extended explainer covers the CROWN Act state by state, including which legislatures adopted it after California in 2019 and why supporters say cases keep arising.
- - The CROWN Act Explained | Why Black Hair Discrimination Is Still Happening. An extended explainer covers the CROWN Act state by state, including which legislatures adopted it after California in 2019 and why supporters say cases keep arising.
- - The CROWN Act Fighting Against Race Based Hair Discrimination (S2 E6). Lawyers work through the text of the CROWN Act, which California enacted in 2019 and other states followed, and discuss the federal version that passed the US House in 2022 without becoming law.
- - The CROWN Act Fighting Against Race Based Hair Discrimination (S2 E6). Lawyers work through the text of the CROWN Act, which California enacted in 2019 and other states followed, and discuss the federal version that passed the US House in 2022 without becoming law.