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‘Hair Love’ wins Oscar + director Matthew Cherry brings student penalized for his dreadlocks

“Hair Love” director Matthew A. Cherry brought a special guest to the Oscars red carpet — Deandre Arnold, a Texas high school student who was told he couldn’t attend graduation unless he cut his dreadlocks. Cherry and co-producer Karen Rupert Toliver took home the Oscar for Best Animated Short.

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Hairy Issues: Legislation passes in New Jersey to end discrimination against natural hair in New Jersey

EEW Magazine Online commends New Jersey for becoming the third state to ban discrimination against black students and employees over their natural hairstyles. The CROWN Act—Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural hair— passed in the state legislature of New Jersey.

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Hair Love: A short film celebrates the glorious natural hair of African Americans

EEW Online celebrates the beauty of natural hair in all its various textures, numerous curl patterns and intricate stylings—and so does a perfect new short family film titled, Hair Love. Directed by Matthew Cherry, Hair Love follows the story of an African American father, Stephen, and his daughter, Zuri.

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