ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – After months of legal battles, a woman will be able to open her hair braiding business in South Fulton.
Awa Diagne was denied a business permit in July after the South Fulton City Council was concerned her store would stifle the business of other local salons. But when she filed a lawsuit with the nonprofit law firm Institute for Justice in August, a Fulton County Superior Court judge found the denial to be unfounded and ordered the council to grant her permit.
“I am so grateful that I’m going to be allowed to open my braiding shop,” Diagne said. “It wasn’t easy to keep believing in my American dream, but I’m happy that I kept going, stood up for what is right, and won.”…