Nov. 27, 2024
Black employee sues Black-owned restaurant over hairstyle ban
Lawsuits are rare under California's 2019 CROWN Act, which bans discrimination against Black employees for wearing "natural" or "Afro" hairstyles.
A Black former employee has sued a well-known, Black-owned Sacramento restaurant under a 2019 California law banning discrimination based on a "natural" hairstyle, known as the CROWN Act.
The defendant, Fixins Soul Kitchen, is co-owned by one of the city's most prominent Black residents, former mayor and NBA star Kevin Johnson.
Plaintiff Larriah Jackson claimed she came to work on June 29, 2024, with her hair in a "carefully groomed" Afro. According to...
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