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Despite the CROWN Act, Black Americans' hair continues to be the target of discrimination
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAll around us we see a variety of Black natural hairstyles, from braids, twists and afros to Bantu...
Hair discrimination isn't banned in Wisconsin. This local official wants to change that.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 12 months agoTwenty states across the country, including Illinois and Minnesota, have passed legislation that...
Welcome, Lawrence: Crown Act is about freedom and individuality, not just hairstyles | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe CROWN Act has a new home in nearby Lawrence. Welcome, come on in, come through. Make yourself...
New Michigan law bans discrimination for natural hair, hairstyles
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoLANSING − Gov. Gretchen Whitmer expanded Michigan's civil rights law that bars racial discrimination...
Why the US needs the CROWN Act
The Week via Yahoo News· 7 months agoColorful overlapping silhouettes of African American women. The family of a Black high school student in Texas has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Greg...
'Zuri's Crown' is a new Black musical that puts a different spin on the Rapunzel fairy tale
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEvery woman has a hair journey. From straight to curly to braided to a natural ‘fro, every coifed...
The embrace of natural Black hair inspires festival in Oak Bluffs, marks cultural changes
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEvery weekend as a child, Tamara Chin would head to Columbia Point in Dorchester to sit at her...
Question to Kansas Senate: What if you were forced to curl your straight hair at work? | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 3 months agoI can “hear” some of you rolling your eyes. “She’s writing about natural hair, again.” Yes, I am,...
What is code-switching? Why Black Americans say they can't be themselves at work
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoAs one of the few Black women in the corporate offices where she worked, Regina Lawless took pains...
Discrimination based on hairstyle would be banned in Louisiana if this bill passes
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBATON ROUGE — The Louisiana House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure advanced a bill Monday that...