A monthslong legal battle between a Texas high school student and his school district over the length of his locs hairstyle has renewed calls to pass a national CROWN Act. Here’s what that means.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the groundbreaking measure into law over the weekend, prohibiting race-based hair discrimination in Texas workplaces, schools and housing policies.

While many of these posts focus on a single state or small group of states, this post focuses on a movement that has now spread to a majority of states. Efforts have been in place for years to ...

The CROWN Act went into effect six days ago, on Sept. 1. Texas is now one of 24 states in the country that bans discrimination based on hair texture or hairstyles associated with race.

At the 2024 Teen Vogue Summit, Law Roach reflected on the controversy over Zendaya's choice to wear dreadlocks to the 2015 Oscars. The stylist said the incident let to the creation of The Crown ...