‘Starting Today Illinois Schools Can No Longer Ban Cornrows, Locs, Afros and Braids from School’
“Thanks to a West Side Chicago mom who fought [against] hair discrimination.”
“Thanks to a West Side Chicago mom who fought [against] hair discrimination.”
After a TikTok user relayed an unfortunate mishap with Gorilla Glue and her hair, rumors proliferated that she planned to sue the manufacturer.
In February 2019, a Facebook user shared a post (archived here) that showed patterns for hairstyles with a claim that slaves used braid patterns to plot out routes to freedom: What if I told you all, during slavery, our ancestors braided escape route patterns in their hairstyles too flee bondage and seek freedom from their oppessors! …
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