Hair-Braiding Bill Offers Regulatory Compromise
(Chicago Defender) — Oumou Wague has been braiding hair in her Chicago shop for more than a decade, carrying on a tradition passed down for generations in her native Senegal. To braiders, her talent for weaving women’s hair into elaborate styles is not just a livelihood, it is an art form. But in the eyes of state regulators, it also is illegal.
