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Republicans voted against the Crown Act, which bans discrimination of Black hairstyles in schools and in the workplace. Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee, Gwen Moore, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, and Bonnie Watson Coleman vowed to bring it up for another vote.

Kei-Touch interviewed Kinyatta E. Gray, Author & CEO FlightsInStilettos LLC. She started Flights In Stilettos because she loves to travel in style and literally stilettos. Her glam girl beach towels have been a hit and are sold in multiple marketplaces.

Good News

CURLS Founder and CEO Mahisha Dellinger has unveiled a new initiative designed to empower Black women entrepreneurs.

Black-Owned Businesses

The Black-owned beauty brand Mielle Organics recently secured a $100 million investment.

MTV is currently highlighting Black trailblazers and content creators throughout the month including Brooklyn-based nail artist, Aja Walton. Aja utilizes her artistic talents in the latest 'Making Black History Now' campaign to create custom nail sets inspired by some of today's biggest acts in music. 

Meet the woman responsible for SLAYING Michelle Obama's hair for the Biden-Harris Inauguration. Yene Damtew is a California bred, DMV based hairstylist that is responsible for some of our forever first lady...

One of Netflix's highest rated shows, Bridgerton is all fans are talking about these days. Netflix's Vice President of inclusion strategy, Verna Myers, said the show's racially diverse cast was the result of an 'inclusion lens' being considered when making significant casting decisions. 

We were pleased to see the hair stylist behind this look is based in Northern Virginia. Arlington-based hair stylist, Yene Damtew, the owner of Aesthetics Salon.

"I TOLD YALL IN 2020 IM LIVING OUT ALL MY CHILDHOOD HAIR DREAMS" Chico shares after ditching his baldie for a few new hair-dos. See Photos here...

Erykah Badu says it took 30 days to complete these thin as a line floor length braids!