With an Afro that is more than six feet in circumference, Jessica Martinez set a new Guinness record. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta Jessica Martinez was about 12 years old when she stopped using relaxers ...
Nov. 20 (UPI) --A New York woman's afro was certified as the world's largest -- measuring 6 feet, 2.87 inches in circumference -- and she was officially crowned by her predecessor. Aevin Dugas, who ...
Jessica Martinez has set a new Guinness World Record with her 6-foot Afro. A New York woman has set a Guinness World Record with her Afro, which measures 190 centimeters (about 6 feet 3 inches) in ...
"The things that make us different and unique should always be celebrated," said Jessica L. Martinez, whose afro measures over 6 feet Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began ...
At a time when social media users are once again debating the natural hair movement, its relevance, and Black women’s hair in general, one Black woman is celebrating the literal groundbreaking beauty ...
At the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 54th Annual Legislative Conference, Black women leaders and labor advocates highlighted the urgent need to defend civic power, public education, and ...
Greg Scaduto is the parent of a nonverbal autistic child, author of the blog “Broken but Readable” and an advocate for the Autism Society. In this piece that originally appeared in U.S. News and World ...