CROWN Act aims to end hair discrimination in Florida schools

A proposed bill in the Florida Legislature would prohibit discrimination against students based on hairstyles historically associated with race, including locs, afros, braids, and twists.

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Florida’s CROWN Act could protect students from natural hair discrimination

For Valencia Jones, styling natural hair is a way of life.

Her salon, Mandisa Ngozi Art and Braiding Gallery, was one of Tallahassee’s first natural hair salons when she started the business in 1990…

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