Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. National CROWN Day, natural hair, Black women natural hair, BLK natural hair, BLK Free Your Crown theGrio.com A new study from BLK ...

DUNMORE, Pa. — July 3 is CROWN Day. CROWN, which stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural hair, is a national effort to get states to pass laws that ban hair-based discrimination as ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KERO) — Residents in Bakersfield share their journeys towards embracing natural Black hair. Ebone King and Alice Moundafie recount struggles with societal beauty standards in their ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A bill banning racial discrimination against hair textures and styles in employment, schools and housing has passed a hurdle in the state legislature. It’s called the ...

The campaign encourages Black women to show off their natural hair in any setting. BLK wants you to “Free Your Crown” in an innovative campaign to celebrate Black women and natural hairstyles. The ...

Lynn Norment, a columnist for The Commercial Appeal, is a former editor for Ebony Magazine. All around us we see a variety of Black natural hairstyles, from braids, twists and afros to Bantu knots, ...

On July 3, 2019, the first CROWN Act legislation was signed in California to “Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.” Now, six years later, on National Crown Day, Black women around the ...