The CROWN Act, a law passed in 25 states that safeguards natural and cultural hairstyles like braids, afros, locs, and cornrows, was recently approved by the Wake County Board of Education.

Darryl George in September outside Barbers Hill High School in Texas. (Michael Wyke/AP) The CROWN Act, a law created to abolish race-based hair discrimination, is legal in 24 states. But a Black ...

A Texas judge ruled Thursday that the suspension of a Houston-area Black teenager over his hair length didn’t violate the CROWN Act. 18-year-old Darryl George was place on in-school suspension for ...

Hairstyles such as dreadlocks, cornrows and afros will soon be formally protected in Wake County schools. The Wake County school board gave initial approval Tuesday to adding protections for natural ...

The Barbers Hill Independent School District’s policy prohibiting long hair on male students first garnered national attention in 2020 when it led to the suspension of two Black students, one of whom ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - This week on Awareness, Billie Jean Shaw hosted a special episode highlighting a renewed push for the CROWN Act law in South Carolina. The law ends hair-based discrimination ...

Hairstyles such as dreadlocks, cornrows and afros could soon be expressly allowed and protected against discrimination in Wake County schools. The Wake County school board’s policy committee backed ...

A banner featuring Darryl George, an 18-year-old Black student at Barbers Hill High School who is being punished over his hair, is held up Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in Chambers County, Texas.