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FILE - Shana Bonner, left, styles the hair of Pho Gibson at Exquisite U hair salon on, July 3, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. .
Just hours after a jury in Minneapolis, Minnesotta found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on three counts in the murder of George Floyd, the city council in Morgantown, West Virginia took its own small step in the fight against racial discrimination.
In an unanimous 7-0 vote Tuesday, the Morgantown City Council became the first municipality in the state to pass an ordinance known as the CROWN Act, which bans discrimination based on hair styles and textures. The CROWN Act functioning as an acronym intends to “create a respectful and open world for natural hair.”