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 ...

Tucked on page 56 of the Tolar school district’s student handbook was a rule that the ACLU of Texas believed violated state law. “Building administrators reserve the right to determine appropriate ...

The Chief of Denkyira Kyekyewere, Nana Kwame Nipa II, has banned dreadlocks, indecent dressing, and lotto operations to curb youth misconduct such as drug abuse in his town.Speaking to the media, he ...

Less than one month after Texas’ CROWN Act went into effect, the same school district that largely prompted the law’s creation is delivering its first major test. Darryl George, a junior at Barbers ...

Rachel Ridge (left) watches Rhetta Bowers talk about race at the dining table during the Together We Dine event. A bill carried by Bowers, D-Garland, prohibiting racial discrimination on hairstyle or ...