In 2010, when Chastity Jones went in for a job interview at a call center for Catastrophe Management Solutions (CMS) in Mobile, Alabama, she wore a blue suit and short dreadlocks. She met the ...

One school sent a student home for what authorities there deemed an "unacceptable" hairstyle: short dreadlocks, pinned back with a bow. Black hair made news again this week. During a segment on CBS’ ...

Is it unlawful race discrimination for a company to ban dreadlocks in the workplace? In a decision that has become a topic of debate among law professors, a federal appeals court said no last month.

Since he was a teenager, Antonio Mugo has valued his thick, fast-growing kinky hair. It gives him a sense of identity. He would keep an afro in high school, and then define it into short dreadlocks ...