News Story |
City |
Countrty |
Date |
Judge dismisses most claims in federal lawsuit filed by Black Texas student punished over hairstyle |
Galveston |
USA |
8/6/2024 |
Ex-Flight Attendant Who Quit Her Job Because of Stress Caused By Being Asked to Change Her Hairstyle Loses Discrimination Lawsuit |
London |
UK |
7/30/2024 |
An Illinois man alleges he was fired by a Des Moines company for not cutting his dreadlocks |
Des Moines |
USA |
7/15/2024 |
Houchens Food Group to Pay $40,000 in EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit |
INDIANAPOLIS |
USA |
6/28/2024 |
N.J. influencer Samiyah Gaddy sues Ebin New York for alleged racial discrimination and harassment |
New York |
USA |
6/13/2024 |
Ye Sued for Allegedly Discriminating Against Black Staff, Demanding Employee Cut Off His Locs |
Simi Valley |
USA |
4/26/2024 |
Coils & Kinks KKKarma: Medical Supply Company Ordered To Pay $50K To Black Employee Fired Over ‘Unprofessional’ Natural Hair |
|
USA |
4/12/2024 |
American Screening settles EEOC case of racial hair discrimination |
Shreveport |
USA |
4/10/2024 |
CT NAACP: Enfield ShopRite employee faced discrimination because of hair color |
Connecticut |
USA |
3/13/2024 |
Referees Accused Of Discrimination After Black Basketball Player Barred From Game Due To Hair Beads |
Maplewood |
USA |
1/25/2024 |
A Black actor was denied a wig for a major Broadway tour. She’s now suing for racial discrimination |
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USA |
1/18/2024 |
I Went Up Against the Texas Legal System's Anti-Trans Hair Policy — And Won |
Texas |
USA |
1/10/2024 |
Maryland Twisters Get Rocked by Discrimination Allegation Surrounding a 7-Year-Old Cheerleader Over Hair Policy Upheaval |
Maryland |
USA |
12/19/2023 |
https://rollingout.com/2023/12/07/cop-says-city-misled-him-to-cut-locs/ |
Atlanta |
USA |
12/7/2023 |
Michigan hair salon charged with discrimination over social media posts |
Traverse |
USA |
11/16/2023 |
A Black New Jersey police officer has filed a lawsuit alleging that she was discriminated against for wearing a particular hairstyle.
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New Jersey |
USA |
11/15/2023 |
Black 7-Year-Old Kicked Off Cheer Team After Fight Over Her Hair (msn.com)
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Maryland |
USA |
11/10/2023 |
Maplewood cop with traditional African hairstyle sues for hair discrimination |
Maplewood |
USA |
11/9/2023 |
Duke Revises Policy to Prevent Race-Based Hair Discrimination |
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9/26/2023 |
Black student in Texas suspended twice for hairstyle despite state ban on racial discrimination |
Mont Belvieu |
USA |
9/18/2023 |
Black student suspended from Barbers Hill High School in Texas because his dreadlocks fell below his earlobes as his mom blasts 'prejudice toward Black culture' - in the same week the state outlawed racial discrimination based on hair (msn.com)
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Houston |
USA |
8/31/2023 |
Cheer coach resigns after parents say CMS cheer safety policy banning braids, wigs is discriminatory |
Charlotte |
USA |
8/19/2023 |
Discrimination | Fast-food worker with blonde braids sent home for having 'unnatural' hair |
Harrisburg |
USA |
8/15/2023 |
No free-for-all - Judges rule there must be limits on freedom of expression in dreadlocks case
|
St Catherine |
Jamaica |
7/31/2023 |
They Asked Me To Cut My 6-Year-Old Son's Hair. I Taught Them About Native Cultural Erasure. (yahoo.com)
|
North Carolina |
USA |
7/27/2023 |
A black schoolgirl spent two days in isolation because of an "inappropriate hairstyle", her mum said. |
Walsall |
UK |
7/6/2023 |
SA study calls for more culturally sensitive school policies amid reports of hair discrimination |
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South Africa |
6/22/2023 |
Louisiana Slidell lawsuit child hair style
|
Slidell |
USA |
6/20/2023 |
Testimony of Janai S. Nelson Associate Director-Counsel NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Before the United State House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security Hearing on Perspectives on TSA’s Policies to Prevent Unlawful Policing
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USA |
6/4/2023 |
Bozoma Saint John’s Latest Partnership Takes On Hair Discrimination In The Workplace |
|
USA |
5/24/2023 |
Queen Charlotte' star Golda Rosheuvel said she 'cried' after hairstylists made her feel seen. Here are 17 Black celebrities who faced hair discrimination on set. |
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5/15/2023 |
Queen Charlotte' star Golda Rosheuvel said she 'cried' after hairstylists made her feel seen. Here are 17 Black celebrities who faced hair discrimination on set. |
Hollywood |
USA |
5/14/2023 |
Cam Newton Believes His Dreadlocks Are The Reason Why He's Not Signed To The NFL: 'I'm Not Changing' |
Atlanta |
USA |
5/10/2023 |
Fired over dreadlocks, an Alabama woman sued and won $800,000
|
Alabama |
USA |
4/23/2023 |
Ritz job applicant informed of afro hair ban says hotel apology ‘disingenuous’ |
London |
UK |
4/12/2023 |
After asking Native American boy to cut his hair, Leland school accused of discrimination |
San Jose |
USA |
3/21/2023 |
This young lady, high school aged came in & interviewed. Afterwards, Shannon says… “I know it’s a trend, but natural hair isn’t professional for an interview. I could see if she already had the job or for everyday wear, but she shouldn’t wear it to an interview.” The other lady sitting with her agreed.
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Raleigh |
USA |
3/16/2023 |
Black women struggle to fight hair discrimination in corporate America |
COLUMBUS |
USA |
3/2/2023 |
‘My hair is not my character’: Teens ask San Antonio council to ban natural hair discrimination |
San Antonio |
USA |
3/2/2023 |
You need representation': Durham student advocates to end hair-based discrimination |
Durham |
USA |
3/1/2023 |
Native moms who sued school after hair cutting support bill seeking to protect students’ religious, cultural freedom
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|
USA |
2/26/2023 |
Applicant’s refusal to cut dreadlocks was protected by Title VII, EEOC says |
Kentucky |
USA |
1/10/2023 |
Tatum ISD hair discrimination lawsuit in federal court |
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10/20/2022 |
Family calls O'Gorman High School dress code 'culturally biased' (argusleader.com)
|
Sioux Falls |
USA |
8/29/2022 |
How Nathalie Emmanuel Fought Hair Discrimination On Set |
|
USA |
8/17/2022 |
How Nathalie Emmanuel Fought Hair Discrimination On Set |
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8/17/2022 |
Black women embrace wearing ‘natural’ hair at work |
Delaware |
USA |
8/8/2022 |
Mass. just banned hair discrimination. These twins helped pave the way. |
Boston |
USA |
7/29/2022 |
Hong Kong teen challenging school policy on long hair for boys lodges complaint to equality watchdog, citing ‘gender dysphoria’ |
Hong Kong |
China |
7/20/2022 |
Perspective | My granddaughter could still face discrimination for her natural hair |
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5/10/2022 |
Targeted hair discrimination at East Bernard school, says mother |
East Bernard |
USA |
5/7/2022 |
Another Black Texas Student Faces Hair Discrimination |
Needville |
USA |
5/2/2022 |
Texas high school policy banning braided or twisted hair has stopped a teen from attending school, his mom says |
Houston |
USA |
4/29/2022 |
Texas high school policy banning braided or twisted hair has stopped a teen from attending school, his mom says
|
Houston |
USA |
4/29/2022 |
A youth soccer player was ejected from a Bucks County game for wearing hair beads |
Philadelphia |
USA |
4/29/2022 |
6 Kids Speak Out Against Hair Discrimination
|
New York |
USA |
4/22/2022 |
"Why Are You Contouring My Nose?" Black Canadian Actors Share Their Experiences with Hair and Makeup Discrimination |
|
Canada |
3/26/2022 |
CNN Settles Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Filed by Black Manager of Hair and Makeup Department |
Washington |
USA |
3/17/2022 |
Black Women on Body Discrimination, From Colorism to Natural Hair Discrimination |
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12/15/2021 |
Basketball Australia apologizes for hair rule Tiffany Mitchell called out |
Melbourne |
Australia |
12/14/2021 |
San Diego man sues employer for discrimination over natural hair style |
San Diego |
USA |
12/6/2021 |
7 TIMES A BLACK PERSON WAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BECAUSE OF THEIR NATURAL HAIR
|
Texas |
USA |
12/6/2021 |
A Black job applicant is suing over hair discrimination, but the company says it was a misunderstanding |
San Diego |
USA |
12/4/2021 |
A Black job applicant is suing over hair discrimination, but the company says it was a misunderstanding
|
Florida |
USA |
12/4/2021 |
Black woman fired for wearing natural hair instead of a wig, Louisiana lawsuit says
|
Shreveport |
USA |
10/28/2021 |
American Screening Sued by EEOC for Race Discrimination | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
|
Shreveport |
USA |
10/27/2021 |
ACLU sues Magnolia ISD over male students' hair length policy |
MAGNOLIA |
USA |
10/22/2021 |
Hair discrimination should be designated as a form of racism, campaigners and MPs say |
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UK |
10/20/2021 |
Michigan Man Alleges Racial Discrimination in $1 Million Lawsuit Against School Whose Employee Cut Daughter's Hair |
Michigan |
USA |
9/18/2021 |
US man files $1m lawsuit after Michigan teacher cuts child's hair
|
Michigan |
USA |
9/16/2021 |
A Lawsuit Alleges That an Albuquerque Middle School Discriminated Against a Black Student Due to Her Hair
|
Albuquerque |
USA |
8/1/2021 |
Rockville Catholic school’s hairstyle policies face scrutiny for racial discrimination |
Rockville |
USA |
7/8/2021 |
Family accuses school head of discrimination over hair braids |
Larnaca |
Cyprus |
6/28/2021 |
How a dreadlocked student sparked a movement for Black hair politics |
Ghana |
West Africa |
6/9/2021 |
Rooted: 3 North Texas men with loc'd hairstyle were told 'cut your hair to get the job' |
Dallas |
USA |
5/27/2021 |
Black lawmaker wearing her hair natural fights for right of all Black women to do the same
|
|
USA |
5/17/2021 |
Black high school softball player told to remove beads cuts hair (usatoday.com)
|
Durham |
England |
5/13/2021 |
Umps tell Black NC softball player to cut her hair during a game. ‘It was humiliating’ |
North carolina |
USA |
5/12/2021 |
After Suspending an 11-Year-Old Black Boy for Wearing Braids, Texas School District Faces Lawsuit |
Troy |
USA |
4/19/2021 |
After West Side School Forces 4-Year-Old To Remove His Braids, Parents Ask: Why Are We Policing Black Children’s Hair? |
Chicago |
USA |
3/18/2021 |
This family fought a West Side school’s ban on Black hair styles — and now Illinois could ban hair discrimination
|
Chicago |
USA |
3/17/2021 |
Japan Hair Controversy Highlights Harmful School Policies |
Osaka |
Japan |
2/22/2021 |
Halo Collective: It’s time to end hair discrimination in British schools |
South London |
UK |
12/17/2020 |
16-Year-Old Black Student With Natural Hair Asked By School To 'Get Her Hair Done |
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12/6/2020 |
Join Us In The Fight To Eradicate Hair Discrimination |
|
UK |
11/23/2020 |
Judge Rules Banning Dreadlocks In The Workplace Is Not Discrimination |
Mobile |
USA |
10/26/2020 |
Texas school district's dreadlocks ban discriminatory, federal court rules |
Houston |
USA |
8/18/2020 |
As a Black woman, I faced hair discrimination on my second day in the Navy |
|
USA |
7/2/2020 |
Ruby Williams: No child with afro hair should suffer like me |
London |
UK |
2/10/2020 |
Pupil repeatedly sent home from school over afro hair wins £8,500 payout
|
London |
UK |
2/7/2020 |
U.K. boy Farouk James can't find school that will allow his long, natural hair; mother fights hair discrimination policy |
London |
UK |
1/28/2020 |
NJ bans hair discrimination after wrestler forced to cut dreadlocks or forfeit his match |
Buena |
USA |
12/20/2019 |
Catholic schools are still cracking down on braids and cornrows despite anti-discrimination laws |
New York |
USA |
12/2/2019 |
CROWNing Glory: New York City Just Resolved Its First Hair Discrimination Case—and a Celebrity Stylist Is Going to Pay |
New York |
USA |
11/12/2019 |
Mother-Daughter Duo Demand Dominican Government Ban Hair Discrimination In Schools: Exclusive |
Santo Domingo |
Dominican Republic |
4/3/2019 |
Mother of boy ordered to cut dreadlocks accuses school of racial discrimination |
London |
UK |
2/27/2019 |
When hair breaks rules: Some black children are getting in trouble for natural hairstyles
|
Florida |
USA |
2/23/2019 |
Boys should be allowed to have long hair at school - Victoria Uni law professor Dr Dean Knight |
Auckland |
New Zealand |
1/31/2019 |
Father sues school for sending home his dreadlocks-wearing daughter
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Kenya |
1/10/2019 |
DAD TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SCHOOL THAT BANNED SON'S DREADLOCKS
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Apopka |
USA |
11/30/2018 |
London school that told boy to cut off dreadlocks backs down |
London |
UK |
9/13/2018 |
Tokyo Vanity Can Rest Easy after Judge Temporarily Blocks Niece’s School from Enforcing Natural Hair Policy |
Los Angeles |
USA |
8/26/2018 |
‘Unnatural’ hair causes Black girl to be expelled from Catholic school
|
Terrytown |
USA |
8/22/2018 |
Florida school receiving death threats after turning away 6-year-old with dreadlocks
|
Florida |
USA |
8/16/2018 |
Sydney barber who refused to cut girls hair settles discrimination case |
Sydney |
Australia |
7/11/2018 |
I’ve learned to embrace my afro with confidence but employers are still discriminating against black hair |
London |
UK |
7/8/2018 |
Temp Agency Says No Dreadlocks, Braids And Beards In 'Discriminatory' Policy |
Birmingham |
UK |
7/3/2018 |
A black woman lost a job offer because she wouldn't cut her dreadlocks. Now she wants to go to the Supreme Court.
|
US |
USA |
4/18/2018 |
A Visual History of Iconic Black Hairstyles |
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2/28/2018 |
Destiny Tompkins Files $1 Million Discrimination Lawsuit Against Banana Republic After Ex-Store Manager Called Her Braids 'Too Urban' |
New York |
USA |
10/9/2017 |
This Morning viewers furious at 'racist' school who banned boy with dreadlocks leaving his mother in tears |
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9/15/2017 |
Mother says North Texas school district's ban on son's long hair is gender discrimination |
Joshua |
USA |
8/23/2017 |
Meet The Army Sergeant Who Fought The Army's Ban On Braids |
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8/17/2017 |
When Black Hair Violates The Dress Code |
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7/17/2017 |
Las Vegas Reporter Receives Racist Hate Mail Saying Her Hair Isn't Properly Cleaned |
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5/26/2017 |
COOK V. MYSTIC VALLEY REGIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL
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Massachusetts |
USA |
5/21/2017 |
2 Black Students Question School Discipline For Hair Extensions |
Malden |
USA |
5/16/2017 |
School hair furore shows basic misunderstanding of anti-discrimination law |
Bentleigh |
Austrailia |
3/31/2017 |
Waitress Sent Home From Work for Wearing Her Natural Hair in a Bun |
|
Canada |
3/28/2017 |
Sisterlocks struggle: Stylists want fewer restrictions to braid hair |
Washington |
USA |
3/20/2017 |
Black Women Speak About Natural Hair Bias in the Workplace |
|
USA |
2/24/2017 |
Natural hair in the workplace sparks legal debate in the black community |
|
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11/17/2016 |
U.S. Court Rules Dreadlock Ban During Hiring Process Is Legal |
|
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9/22/2016 |
South African students protest against school’s alleged racist hair policy |
Pretoria |
South Africa |
9/1/2016 |
Texas mother accuses high school of racial discrimination after coach 'bans cheer squad's only black member from performing over her braided hair' |
Baytown |
USA |
8/31/2016 |
Natural Hair Is "Extreme, Distracting" According to a Louisiana High School's Dress Code |
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8/4/2016 |
Wear a weave at work - your afro hair is unprofessional' |
London |
UK |
5/15/2016 |
Black worker claims Zara discriminated against her braid hairstyle |
Toronto |
Canada |
4/11/2016 |
Uniform board decision updates hair regulations |
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12/14/2015 |
Black Woman Loses Job Offer Because She Refused to Take Out Her Braids |
|
USA |
11/25/2015 |
Former Hooters Waitress Awarded $250,000 in Racial Discrimination Case |
Baltimore |
USA |
4/8/2015 |
Young black Montrealer claims she’s losing work over her hair - Montreal | Globalnews.ca
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Montreal |
Canada |
3/17/2015 |
Rastafarian Student Reportedly Punished At School Over Dreadlocks |
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8/26/2014 |
Army’s Ban on Some Popular Hairstyles Raises Ire of Black Female Soldiers |
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4/20/2014 |
Hair Makes the Man: Federal Appellate Court Says Short-Hair Requirement for Male Athletes Is Sex Discrimination |
Greensburg |
USA |
3/18/2014 |
Lawsuit: Prison guard harassed over Rastafarian dreadlocks, beard
|
North Kern |
USA |
2/14/2014 |
NFL Reporter Pam Oliver on Her Career & Mean Tweets |
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2/1/2014 |
11 Examples Highlighting the War Against Natural Black Hair |
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1/11/2014 |
Dreadlock Drawback: Baltimore School Backs Off Controversial Hair Policy |
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12/3/2013 |
African-American Girl Faces Expulsion Over Natural Hair |
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11/27/2013 |
Vanessa VanDyke Could Be Expelled After Having Her Hair Mocked |
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11/26/2013 |
Vanessa VanDyke Could Be Expelled After Having Her Hair Mocked |
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11/26/2013 |
Bullied 12-year-old girl is threatened with expulsion from school for refusing to cut her natural afro hair |
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11/26/2013 |
Company Policy Requires Missouri Woman To Cut Her Dreadlocks To Keep Her Job |
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10/24/2013 |
Hundreds of women suing after hair loss, blaming 30-day smoothing kit |
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10/17/2013 |
Mobile Catastrophic Insurance Claims Company Sued by EEOC for Race Discrimination over Hair Policy |
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9/30/2013 |
Oklahoma school changes policy on dreadlocks |
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9/11/2013 |
School that barred 7-year-old's dreadlocks changes dress-code policy |
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9/10/2013 |
Tulsa school sends girl home because 'dreadlocks' and 'afros' are too distracting |
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9/4/2013 |
Comedian criticized for slamming nappy hair |
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9/4/2013 |
Ohio School Apologizes After Attempting To Ban 'Afro-Puffs' And 'Twisted Braids' |
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6/25/2013 |
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hampton-university-cornrows-dreadlock-ban_n_1826349 |
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8/26/2012 |
Hampton University's Cornrows And Dreadlock Ban: Is It Right? |
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8/26/2012 |
ACLU of Virginia Asks Prison to Rescind Racially Discriminatory Hairstyle Policy |
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6/19/2012 |
Six Flags: Stop Discriminating Against People With Dreadlocks |
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6/1/2012 |
Lawrence Transportation Systems To Pay $30,000 To Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Moving Company Denied Qualified Applicant Religious Accommodation |
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8/16/2011 |
School's refusal to let boy wear cornrow braids is ruled racial discrimination |
London |
UK |
6/17/2011 |
Taylor family settles lawsuit with Auburn City Schools |
Auburn |
USA |
12/21/2010 |
Women Denied Work at Park Because of Dreadlocks |
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4/23/2010 |
Dreadlock Discrimination By Jewel C. Smith Jun 28, 2009 - 10:13:30 PM |
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USA |
6/28/2009 |
ACLU Files Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against Virginia Beach Nightspot Over Hair Policy |
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1/18/2007 |
At Six Flags, the Don'ts of Dos |
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6/17/2006 |
ACLU Says Louisiana Dress Code Denies Rastafarian Children the Right to an Education |
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9/18/2000 |
Tatum, a restaurant cashier at the Hyatt hotel, was fired for wearing her hair in braids
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Washington |
USA |
9/23/1987 |
Rogers v. American Airlines, Inc., 527 F. Supp. 229 (S.D.N.Y. 1981)
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New York |
USA |
12/1/1981 |
" Jenkins v. Blue Cross Mutual Hospital Insurance Inc: This case involved a claim of hair discrimination in the workplace"
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USA |
9/1/1975 |
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL FISCAL YEAR 2009 ANNUAL REPORT |
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7/1/1905 |
Religious Discrimination |
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Is Six Flags Racist Against Dreadlocks? |
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