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 Florida high school came under fire last week for prohibiting a Black honors student from walking across the stage at his high school graduation without cutting his dreadlocks. Abeka Academy in ...

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 ...