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>> one of the greatest upsets in the long history of wimbledon. arthur ashe, the first black player to win the men's wimbledon singles title. >> arthur beat jimmy strategically big time. i think that started to get people thinking. >> the way black americans reacted when i won wimbledon. it was like joe louis winning the heavyweight championship. that's the first time that black americans really became aware of wimbledon. and now they follow it. and now they're playing tennis like crazy. >> in '75, we both win in wimbledon. it's like, oh, my god, this is perfect. i remember dancing with him. i...

Centuries of indoctrination have ingrained into the minds of white and Black Americans that any aspect of Africanness was negative.

Millions of people around the world are affected by alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss and was thrown into the spotlight after actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars.

House Bill 41 would make changes to current discrimination laws to protect those who wear their hair natural, protective and cultural-inspired styles like braids and dreadlocks, in the school and

Instead, congress focused on what's really important, hair, and clocks. i'm serious. yesterday the senate passed a bill that would make daylight savings time permanent. we tried this already in the 1970s and it didn't go well. people hated sending their kids to school in the dark. and it messed with everyone's sleep. but we're probably going to do it all again and the bill is headed to the house. like i said, it's not the only important issue congress focused on. the house is also working to pass a bill that would ban hair discrimination. it's called the crown act of 2022 and it focuses on hai...