Hair. We’re talking about hair?? That was our response when we heard about Black girls at a charter school in Massachusetts being banned from participating in track, the Latin club, the prom and being sent to detention all because of their natural styles. School leaders said that their braids were in violation of the school’s […]
The death of Gynnya McMillen, 16, in a Kentucky detention center earlier this year sparked anger among civil rights activists as details emerged about her passing. But officials say that the teen, who was discovered in her cell on Jan. 11, died of an irregular heartbeat and not from an altercation with the facility's staff, according to BuzzFeed.
