Every year when summer rolls around, I get knots in the pit of my stomach just thinking about how I’m going to swim without getting my natural hair wet. Traditional swimming caps have never fully ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Discrimination based on hair texture and race-based hairstyles like braids, dreadlocks and twists, is now illegal in Michigan thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. A crowd of members from ...

Dreadlocks are not permitted at Gisborne Boys’ High School. (File photo)Stuff / Stuff A rule forbidding “extravagant and unusual haircuts, including dreadlocks and braids” at Gisborne Boys’ High ...

You will not be able to matriculate through Hampton University’s MBA business program with bad grades, bad behavior or bad hair. Wait a minute: did you just write ‘bad hair?!? Yes, as in dreadlocks, ...

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 ...

DREADLOCKS, braids and ponytails are now allowed in the Royal Air Force. Cornrows and twists have also been cleared. Please provide a valid email. Your info will be ...