Explore the cultural significance of braids for Black women and the rising costs of this protective hairstyle, which has become a luxury item.

Isis Brantley has spent decades fighting to break down state imposed barriers governing hair braiding. Her vision all those years ago was a state where people could earn a living from the African ...

What started out as Brantley’s passion for natural hair and hair braiding became a movement and fight for freedom. A South Dallas native, Brantley said her mother was a braider, her grandmother ...