"I'm not saying you have to be black to know how to do [that] hair, but you got to know what the hell you're doing," she told THR. "When an actress of color requests a hairstylist, listen to them.

1968: Actress Diahann Carroll is the first black woman to star in a television network series, "Julia." She is a darker version of the all-American girl, with straightened, curled hair.

“Something that will mean ALOT to Black people across the country ... After relaxing her hair for years as a young woman, actress Lupita Nyong’o made the big chop at age 18.