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  • Reggae star Bob Marley performing at Crystal Palace Bowl in 1980
    dreadlocks
    / Hair discrimination

    The discrimination Black people face for wearing dreadlocks is exemplified in the experience of Edward Lawson, a businessman in California who became the subject of a significant U.S. Supreme Court case on racial discrimination. While wearing dreadlocks, Lawson occasionally walked through predominantly white neighborhoods in San…

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    The discrimination Black people face for wearing dreadlocks is exemplified in the experience of Edward Lawson, a businessman in California who became the subject of a significant U.S. Supreme Court case on racial discrimination. While wearing dreadlocks, Lawson occasionally walked through predominantly white neighborhoods in San…

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