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Black Texas Student Suspended for a Second Time Because He Refuses To Cut His Hair
This Black student was suspended despite the CROWN Act, a law that prohibits race-based hair discrimination, going into effect earlier this month.
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This NC Barber Charges Almost $100 Per cut, But These Jaw-Dropping Transformations Are Worth It
Men drive from far and wide to sit in his chair, but others love to debate the cost.
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This Self-Care Brand For Black Men Is Cleaning Up At Retail
The Root caught up with the founder of Scotch Porter about his journey to the top of the personal grooming space.
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These Are the Hottest Barbers on Social Media
Since most of us missed National Black Barber day this month, we decided to celebrate those Black men and women who can restore your body and mind with a razor.
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Rev. William Barber To Lead Yale’s New Center for Theology and Public Policy
“I’m excited to move from…pastoral work with the congregation, to, in a sense, pastoring the movement with this center,” Rev. Barber tells The Root.
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A Maryland Parking Lot That Was Once the Site of a Historic Black Cemetery May Be Sold A Property Management Firm
Activists have filed a lawsuit to block the sale. A hearing will be held Monday to determine what happens next.
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Kamala Harris Becomes 1st Woman to Give Commencement Speech at U.S. Naval Academy
Vice President Kamala Harris is going to have to get used to being a lot of firsts. She is the first Black woman to be vice president. She is also the first South Asian-American to be vice president. She is also the first vice president to actively know who Eric B. is and understand that…
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Weeks After Attending Haircutting Competition, Mississippi Barber Dies From COVID-19
The family of a beloved Mississippi barber who recently passed away from COVID-19 is making a plea to anyone who will listen: Stay at home. Eugene Thompson, owner of Taper Nation barbershop and barber academy in Brookhaven, Miss., died Saturday in a Jackson hospital two weeks after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, WJTV reports.…
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Philadelphia Barber Wants Answers After Police Told Him to Stop Providing Free Haircuts to Homeless
After making headlines for providing free haircuts for the homeless in his beloved Philadelphia, barber Brennon Jones is demanding answers on why his charitable efforts have now drawn the wrong type of attention. In a video uploaded to Twitter by Muslim activist StanceGrounded, the Haircuts 4 Homeless founder is seen being accosted by police officers…
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Only God Can Judge Him: Yung Joc Etches Tupac into His Hair—Which Is Quickly Becoming More Famous Than His Music
We’re sure Tupac would be proud. Rapper and producer Yung Joc continued his follicular adventures last weekend, following up a series of increasingly unexpected lewks with an actual piece of art razored into his acid green-tipped, cornrowed updo: a Juice-era portrait of Tupac Shakur. The hair art was the creation of Rob the Original, the…
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