A Texas high school policy banning braided or twisted hair has stopped a teenager from attending school, according to his mother, and brought renewed attention to the CROWN Act. Dyree Williams, 17, of ...
SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. -- After a Milton High senior's mother claimed that her son was recently barred from participating in his school's awards ceremony due to his natural hair,another conversation ...
On March 18, 2022 the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.2116, the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act of 2022. The passage of the CROWN act would prohibit ...
A woman with dreadlocks, a hairstyle that would be protected under the CROWN Act. (Getty Images) For the second time, Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would ban race-based discrimination of hair ...
A monthslong legal battle between a Texas high school student and his school district over the length of his locs hairstyle has renewed calls to pass a national CROWN Act. Here’s what that means. The ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A bill banning racial discrimination against hair textures and styles in employment, schools and housing has passed a hurdle in the state legislature. It’s called the ...
DUNMORE, Pa. — July 3 is CROWN Day. CROWN, which stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural hair, is a national effort to get states to pass laws that ban hair-based discrimination as ...
The CROWN Act, which stands for stands for 'Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair,' went into effect Sept. 1. MONT BELVIEU, Texas (KTRK) -- Seventeen-year-old Darryl is a junior at ...
In an effort to end the daily discrimination, microaggressions and overall policing of Black hair, Dove, along with the National Urban League, Color of Change, and Western Center on Law and Poverty, ...
Democrats have reintroduced federal legislation to ban hair discrimination. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) reintroduced the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act, or CROWN Act ...
Sixty-six percent of Black women alter their hair for a job interview, 41% of whom straighten their hair, according to the CROWN 2023 Workplace Research Study co-commissioned by Dove and LinkedIn ...