In above photo: Ayana Hardin creates natural hair twists. (Photo by Erin Mizelle for the Winston-Salem Chronicle) Editor’s note: This is the last part of a two-part series. By Felecia Piggott-Long,
In above photo: Dana Suggs, owner of Body and Soul helps a customer. (Photo by Todd Luck) With more than 60,000 attendees expected at the National Black Theatre Festival this
In above photo: Inside the National Black Theatre Festival Hall of Fame and Museum is an exhibit dedicated to the late Larry Leon Hamlin, who started the National Black Theatre
In above photo: ESOSA (Emilio Sosa) and Idris Goodwin walk down the runway as people who came to see the stars engage them at the 2015 National Black Theatre Festival