Afro World Featured by Washington University in St. Louis

Afro World Featured by Washington University in St. Louis

For more than five decades, Afro World has served St. Louis as a family-owned center for hair, fashion, culture, entrepreneurship, and community connection.


Washington University in St. Louis highlighted the Little family’s journey—from Russell B. Little Sr. and Thelma Little’s pioneering hair-replacement business to the development of Afro World Fashion and today’s Afro World® Hair and Fashion.


Published by the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.


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