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School Tells 16-Year-Old to Change Her Natural-Style Hair

Natural hair, for more and more celebrities, beauty gurus, and other high-profile women of color — including newly crowned Miss USA Kara McCullough — has become a gorgeous badge of honor. But schools across the country, it seems, have remained behind the curve ...

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Nicole Orr, 16, a student in Florida, was asked to change her natural-style hair. (Photo: Courtesy Secily Wilson/Stacy Pierce Photography)






Beth Greenfield
Senior Writer
Yahoo BeautyMay 16, 2017


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Las Vegas Traffic Reporter Shares Racist Letter About Her Natural Hair

On-air news reporters and anchors are pillars of poise. There can be disasters in the world, and mishaps in the newsroom, and they can still get in front of that camera and beam. That’s all the more impressive to us after reading a hurtful, racist letter Las Vegas traffic anchor Demetria Obilor shared on Twitter on Thursday ...

https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/las-ve...res-racist-letter-natural-hair-020202189.html

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Demetria Obilor, a local traffic anchor in Las Vegas, shared the kind of racist comments she gets for her natural hair. (Photo: Instagram)







Sabrina Rojas Weiss
Yahoo BeautyMay 25, 2017


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Teenager Allegedly Told Her Afro Was ‘Too Extreme and Faddish’ for School


A 17-year-old girl in Tallahassee, Fla., is the latest young woman of color to face disciplinary action at her school because of the way she chose to wear her hair.

Jenesis Johnson has had an Afro on and off since middle school. Now in the 11th grade, North Florida Christian School student has styled her hair in this way on a daily basis for the past seven months ...


https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/teenager-allegedly-told-afro-extreme-faddish-school-203857365.html

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(Photo: www.wctv.tv)





Jennifer Gerson Uffalussy
Contributing Writer
Yahoo BeautyMay 23, 2017


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U.S. Mint Celebrates 225-Year History With African-American Lady Liberty Gold Coin

To mark its 225th anniversary, the U.S. Mint will soon accept orders for its historic Lady Liberty gold coin, which features a brand-new design of an African-American woman wearing a crown of stars.

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Apr 5, 2017 ... To mark its 225th anniversary, the U.S. Mint will soon accept orders for its historic Lady Liberty gold coin, which features a brand-new design of ...



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For Black Women, It's Never As Simple As 'It's Just Hair'
June 4, 2017

As golden girls go — she is an original. She is the 2017 American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin celebrating the U.S. Mint’s 225th anniversary. This newest Liberty coin features the face of a black woman adorned with a patriotic headband made of stars. Liberty’s stars crown her signature hair style — braids of slim golden ropes neatly tucked into a bun, the ends trailing down the nape of her neck.

These braids are just like the ones Deanna and Mya Cook wore at Mystic Valley Regional Charter School. The school said the braids violated the school’s dress code

There’s been plenty of judgement about the new gold coin featuring Lady Liberty with braids, and sales are lagging. But, a small victory for the Cook family. Mystic Valley Regional Charter School has lifted its braid ban, though the school maintains it was never racially motivated. Deanna and Mya, I’m happy that you can wear a hairstyle that makes you feel good about who you are. Welcome to the club.


* For Black Women, It's Never As Simple As 'It's Just Hair' | WGBH News
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3 days ago ... Appreciation for black women's hair has come a long way, but still has a ways to go.

 

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