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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.

Fixins Soul Kitchen in Sacramento

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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