It all started when a white male student submitted an article to his English professor, Michelle Smith, extolling slavery for supposedly ushering in era of
2016 is coming to a close, and with it, an identity that BGLH has held close. When I started Black Girl with Long Hair in
To Janelle Monae, the secret to flawless style is simple… stop dressing for boys. https://www.instagram.com/p/BOFUDCCA2ML/?taken-by=janellemonae&hl=en Monae famously stuck to tuxedos in the early years of
Along with being an actor and activist, Jesse Williams is a tech startup founder. He is creative director of the mobile app Ebroji — a
Last year Victoria’s Secret model Maria Borges made history as the only woman to walk the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show runway with natural hair. Her
2016 was a year of perpetual bad news. This trend continued when a December report found that, for the first time since 1993, life expectancy
Her name is Aurora, and her mother shared her photo and story with The Amputee Coalition of America, which then shared it to their Facebook
Meet Deddeh Howard. Howard was raised in Liberia, West Africa, and currently lives in Los Angeles. She is pursuing a career in modeling, but has
File this under ‘when trying to get someone fired for keeping it real goes wrong.’ It all started when a caterer who goes by Chef
I said I was coming back to blogging and then I disappeared again. Well this time I’m back for good (seriously) plus I was gone
Get you a girl who can do both — the cornrows *and* the wig. For a recent shoot in DuJour Magazine Kiersey Clemons ditched her
Guys. If you had walked up to me when I was six and said, ‘One day you will whip butters for a living.’ I would
Dispatch from Leila’s journal… 10 Things I’m Realizing are Self-Care 1. Telling people to f*ck off when they are draining my energy and giving nothing
Welcome to the world Sir and Rumi Carter! Beyonce shared this photo to her Instagram account a few hours ago with the caption “Sir Carter
