Now, natural hair styles account for more than 20 percent of her business, and that number is growing. “More [clients] are asking questions,” said the 44-year-old stylist at Doing It With ...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new law on Thursday making it illegal to discriminate based on hairstyles associated with race, his office said. It’s one year to the day that an African ...

In cultures hostile to African hairstyles, so-called dreadlocks have long been a countercultural symbol for those who stand in opposition to oppressive ideals. By Syris Valentine.

This is not Fudge’s first crusade to prevent discrimination against hairstyles commonly worn by African-American women. In 2014, the U.S. military changed its rules on allowable hairstyles after ...

School in Tulsa in August rescinded language banning dreadlocks%2C afros%2C mohawks Charter school in Lorain%2C Ohio%2C in the summer proposed ban on certain styles Dean of Hampton University ...

The commission specified that the ban on discrimination includes natural Afro hairstyles, braids, cornrows, plaits and head coverings. “I can’t believe some schools still think it is ...

Chikayzea Flanders, a 12-year-old pupil at Fulham Boys School, west London, was told to cut off his dreadlocks or face suspension in 2017.

When I started my journey as an African braiding stylist, I was already trained in cosmetology and through my pre-existing passion for the Black community, it was only natural for me to pursue African ...

Banning Afro hairstyles in schools breaks law, ... who was told on his first day of school that he should cut off his dreadlocks as they did not comply with the uniform policy, ...