By Ashlee Banks ·Updated August 2, 2022
Massachusetts has become the 18th state to adopt a version of the CROWN Act.
On July 18 Governor Charlie Baker signed the bill into law which prohibits discrimination based on hairstyles.
In 2017, the issue of hair discrimination came to light in the northern state when then-15-year-old twin Black girls, Deanna and Mya Cook were allegedly penalized at school for wearing hair extensions while
