Update on Vanessa VanDyke: Student Who was Threatened with Suspension from School for Natural Hair
LaToya Harris is a natural hair blogger and journalist from NJ, but she currently lives in MS. She is also the creator of 1BlessedNatural Mag, a blog magazine that recognizes natural hair and empowers Black women. Ms. Harris has been natural for 6 years.
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Vanessa VanDyke and her mother, Sabrina Kent, at The Real. Image from TheReal: youtube.com/TheRealDaytime
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Vanessa, you are a beautiful representation of us natural women..I admire your mother for allowing you to .31st your natural beauty flourish and not allowing anyone to push you into u healthy options.