Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman

Congress Revives Bipartisan Effort to Ban Hair Discrimination

March 12, 2025

A bipartisan push to ban hair discrimination has been reintroduced in Congress with the CROWN Act of 2025. The bill, led by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) in the House and Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Susan Collins (R-ME) in the Senate, aims to prohibit race-based hair discrimination in federally assisted programs, workplaces, schools, and […]

Black lawmakers reintroduce federal CROWN Act legislation to ban hair discrimination

May 5, 2024

A group of Black Democratic lawmakers, led by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey, reintroduced the CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation, which has been blocked in the Senate in the past, seeks to ban discrimination based on hairstyle or hair […]

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