DURHAM, N.C. -- It was her last home softball game of the season, and Nicole Pyles, a sophomore at Durham Hillside High School in North Carolina, had just hit a double. Her hair, braided with beads ...

They are children who wanted to help their teams, only to be made to feel less-than because of the way they choose to wear their hair. Forced to comply in front of teammates, students, parents. Black ...

She said the coach of the opposing team, who is white, complained to the umpires — despite her hair barely reaching her shoulder blades. A 16-year-old Black girl was forced to cut out her braids in ...

DURHAM, North Carolina (WRAL) — A Durham high school softball player is demanding an end to hair discrimination in schools after she said she was forced to cut her hair during a game. The incident ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WRAL) - A Black softball player in North Carolina says she felt forced to cut her hair during a game. The high school sophomore says the umpires enforced a rule that she calls ...