by Forest Parks | Dec 21, 2015 | Business
Gwen Jimmere’s invention of a new hair care product was born out of a culture of making things when you couldn’t get them. She had no idea her own product would be so successful and it led to her taking 6-months to learn patent law and filing a patent...
by Forest Parks | Dec 15, 2015 | Business
One day in 1997 Isis Brantley stood in her Texan salon when two plain clothed officers came between her and her client, five other normally dressed officers stood in the door way. She was dragged from her salon and arrested by the 7 officers. The crime was braiding...
by Forest Parks | Dec 10, 2015 | Culture, Opinion
We all heard that he TSA was under fire for the many reported incidents of it’s agents targeting black women, particularly with natural hair, and patting them down in a humiliating way. The justification has usually been that the large hair styles could contain...
