Publication

2005 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

57,750 words, Guess

Page Count

231 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC305.8/00973
  • LCCHM1271 .F67 2005

First Sentence

Plaintiff is a black woman who seeks $ 10,000 damages, injunctive, and declaratory relief against enforcement of a grooming policy of the defendant American Airlines that prohibits employees in certain employment categories from wearing an all-braided hairstyle. . . . She alleges that the policy violates her rights under the Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act . . . in that it discriminates against her as a woman, and more specifically as a black woman . . . plaintiff assert[s] that the "corn row" style has a special significance for black women.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Racial culturePrinceton University Press2005

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