It was the early 1980s and America was in the depths of a major economic recession. But for brothers James and Sherman Willis — the co-owners of Willis Beauty Supply, a Black-cosmetics distribution ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Morrow, the inventive son of Alabama sharecroppers, died last month at his home in San Diego of pneumonia. He was 82. The barber ...

Roadside Attractions and Liddell Entertainment have acquired worldwide rights to Chris Rock's "Good Hair." By Jay A. Fernandez, The Associated Press Roadside Attractions and Liddell Entertainment have ...

Willie Lee Morrow, a barber turned entrepreneur who helped popularize tools such as the Afro pick and styles including the one dubbed the Jheri curl over more than half a century as an innovator in ...

Next up at East West Players, playwright Inda Craig-Galván's The Great Jheri Curl Debate opening September 17 (with previews beginning September 15). Scarlett Kim directs the cast of Julanne Chidi ...

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Ice Cube Ask him if we're there yet. THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, a gangsta named Sampson reigned supreme over the cities of the Philistines. He drank heartily of wine; he set fire to the tails of 300 ...

Slow Drag a nostalgic party for fans of Black love songs, specifically ballads and slower-tempo tracks, celebrated its fifth anniversary with a special throwback event called Jheri Curl. The theme of ...

The barber who pioneered many of the hair care products that became an iconic part of the Black community has passed away at 82. Willie Lee Morrow, the inventive son of Alabama sharecroppers, died ...