California Governor Ron Newsom signed a bill Wednesday barring discrimination against natural black hairstyles, including dreadlocks and braids (Pictures: AP) A sweeping new law has banned college or ...

From now on the fashion-conscious can also keep cornrows and twists should they wish. The new rules follow close on the heels of the force allowing its airmen to grow beards for the first time in its ...

*The U.S. Army has lifted its ban on dreadlocks, allowing black women in the branch to serve their country sporting whatever texture they choose, according to The New York Times. Initially, a ban ...

In January of this year, the United States Army revised its grooming and appearance regulations, including its ban on dreadlocks for female soldiers. Word of the policy change spread quickly, with ...

The February 2021 prison memo sent by Warden Brad Adams was clear. “Effective immediately” inmates in the medium-security, all-male prison known as the Northpoint Training Center in central Kentucky, ...

Black servicewomen celebrated new regulations in the US Army that now allow them to wear their hair in dreadlocks. Critics complained for years that the Army's regulations placed an unfair burden on ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A new law aims to stop hair discrimination in schools. The brave kid who inspired it: Jett Hawkins. Earlier this year the four-year-old was told that his braids violated his school's ...

The way Black people style their hair carries deep historical and spiritual significance. With so many styles that have ...

A Gisborne school's ban on dreadlocks and braids has been labelled "straight racist" by a local woman, who plans to lodge a complaint with the Human Rights Commission. The ban was announced by ...