Bariq Fluellen, a veteran firefighter, has filed a complaint to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission against the city of Philadelphia, which provides money for the Philadelphia Fire Department.

Milton Myrie wore Rastafari locs for 20 years. But when his superior, a deputy police chief, told him that he would have to cut them to remain employed as an officer in 2021, Myrie was forced into ...

I grew up in a strict Rastafari household in Jamaica, where so much of my life was categorized by the weight of my hair: the world before I had dreadlocks and the world after. Dreadlocks were ...

Started in 2023, the Linden Locs Festival has become a highly anticipated event on Guyana’s calendar, with both those with and without locs coming out to support and be a part of the culture. This ...

Milton Myrie had his locs for 20 years as a representation of his Rastafarian faith community before he was allegedly forced to cut them, the suit said. Myrie's attorney, Arnold Lizana told ...

Locs hold a deep cultural significance across several Black diasporas, from African to Caribbean to Rastafarian communities.

WASHINGTON − Damon Landor was prepared to protect the dreadlocks he had been growing for nearly two decades, in adherence to his Rastafarian beliefs, when serving a prison sentence in Louisiana ...

Myrie is a practitioner of the Rastafarian religion, where devotees grow dreadlocks as an outward symbol of their faith. According to the lawsuit, the aspiring officer was about to sign his ...

Myrie, a devout Rastafarian, had moved his family from New York to Atlanta for the job with South Fulton in early 2021, the lawsuit states. Myrie cut his locs, which he’d grown for 20 years ...

Bariq Fluellen, who has been a firefighter for more than a decade, filed a racial discrimination complaint Wednesday with the ...