Senator Holly Mitchell’s Crown Act Protects Natural Hairstyles

SACRAMENTO – Like many other Black women, Holly Mitchell has had to stop White colleagues from attempts to touch her hair and has had to school them on numerous occasions on the “wonders” of its texture.The auburn loc’ed senator is now trying to educate on a statewide level with her bill, SB 188: The Crown Act. The bill, which seeks to protect natural hairstyles in the workplace, passed its first hurdle this week, making it past the Judiciary Committee. Senator Mitchell s