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November 10, 2025
The Supreme Court is gearing up to determine whether Damon Landor, a devout Rastafarian, can sue after prison officials cut…
May 5, 2022
A school district in Texas removed its code of conduct from its website after allegedly denying a teen's enrollment because…
Sir Lucian Grainge Honored With A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame
May 4, 2021
Almost 5 years to the date since it happened the first time, Black twitter is dragging Justin Bieber over his…
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March 16, 2021
Zendaya reflects on the derogatory comments made about her faux dreadlocks by Giuliana Rancic at the 2015 Academy Awards.
August 1, 2020
Jamaica’s high court said that Kensington Primary School was well within its rights to require a 5-year-old to cut off…
Deandre Arnold thegrio.com
July 25, 2020
The Texas school district where two Black high schoolers were suspended for wearing dreadlocks decided unanimously to keep a controversial…
Eric S. McGill
February 27, 2020
A Pennsylvania inmate has spent more than a year in solitary confinement because he refuses to cut his dreadlocks.
Andrew Johnson thegrio.com
September 19, 2019
Wrestling referee Alan Maloney was suspended for 2 years by the NJ State Interscholastic Athletic Association after forcing student to…
Basketball thegrio
September 6, 2019
The men's head basketball coach at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith says allegations that he dismissed a player over his…
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July 7, 2019
Texas teen Kerion Washington was denied a job at Six Flags due to his hair, may have modeling in his…
Andrew Johnson thegrio.com
March 19, 2019
Alan Maloney, who has been criticized ever since he ruled that a high school wrestler must cut his dreads to…
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March 3, 2019
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the EEOC lawsuit. Now it is legal to refuse to hire…
Andrew Johnson thegrio.com
January 10, 2019
Andrew Johnson, the Black New Jersey high school wrestler who went viral for being forced to cut his dreadlocks at…
January 10, 2019
A mom in Texas is fighting against her six-year-old son’s school after learning that he was ordered by administrators to…
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December 24, 2018
Andrew Johnson had to cut his dreadlocks in order to participate in a wrestling match, but there's no way it…
Andrew Johnson thegrio.com
December 21, 2018
Why Alan Maloney, the referee who demanded high school wrestler Adam Johnson, cut his hair, must never work again as…
Clinton Stanley Jr was denied entry to school because of his dreadlocks thegrio.com
August 16, 2018
A six-year-old dressed impeccably in his uniform for his first day of school was turned away at the door of
Zac Ephron thegrio.com
July 9, 2018
Actor Zac Efron soon learned that you can’t play the part of a dreadlocked Rasta and a bubblegum entertainer at the same…
Courtroom thegrio.com
April 23, 2018
[griojw id=”30fMNXQt” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Chastity Jones is seeking the help of the Supreme Court to decide if a Mobile, Alabama, company
March 21, 2017
Parents and students at a North Carolina high school are upset after a student doing the morning school announcements donned…