If you have dreads or are thinking of getting them, the first thing you should do is learn how to care for them. With the right care and cleansing techniques, your dreads will “lock” tightly and have ...

Jacqueline Lee is president of a local branch of the NAACP. DeHaven Nevill works in the investment banking department of Quick & Reilly on Wall Street. Kecia Brooks-Smith Lowe is a pediatrician who ...

POLK COUNTY — It’s official: Asha Mandela (right) has the longest dreadlocks in the world. The Polk County woman, whose locks measure 8 feet, 6 inches long, has been certified for inclusion in the ...

First it was the miniskirt-for-schools debate, then the condoms talk. Now it is dreadlocks! A nine-year-old boy recently took Rusinga School to court after the school suspended him because of sporting ...

Black women serving in the U.S. Army are cheering revised regulations that permit hair locks, ending what critics said were years of scrutiny and confusing enforcement of rules about their appearance.