District of Columbia, in which Uqdah and his wife, Pamela Ferrell, the nationally-recognized owners of Cornrows & Co., successfully challenged Washington, D.C.’s cosmetology code, which was adopted in 1938. The institute’s first case, in 1992, was Taalib-Din Abdul Uqdah v. It has helped braiders fight such rules in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Texas, Utah and Washington, D.C., since its founding 25 years ago. Eighteen do not regulate braiding, said Paul Avelar, senior attorney for the Institute for Justice, a self-described libertarian law firm in Arlington, Virginia. Seventeen states regulate braiding the same way they do traditional cosmetology, and 16 states require a special braiding license. These can cost more than $12,000, even though few such programs teach braiding. These victories aside, braiders in several states still battle regulations that require them to undergo up to 2,100 hours of instruction at cosmetology schools. Nebraska’s legislature passed a similar measure in March.
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Gueye and other braiders in Kentucky won the right to braid without a license when Republican Governor Matt Bevin signed a law in April to exempt them from the cosmetology school and license requirement. “I told her I had been braiding for years, and I did not know you had to have a license.” “She told me she was from the state Board of Cosmetology… and that I was not allowed to do hair without a license,” Gueye said. She was working in her salon - Kine Hair Braiding - one day when an inspector knocked. She was married and had three children by then and wanted to expand. Within weeks, she was able to pay her bills and send money to her family back home. With a strong back and a talent for creating beautiful styles, combs and hair oils, Gueye began braiding at her Louisville, Kentucky, home - frequently working 12-hour days. To make a living, she turned to a skill she had honed over years of practice in her homeland – braiding hair. Kune Gueye came from Senegal to Nashville for a better life, but she had to overcome yards of red tape to earn her American dream. ABOVE PHOTO: Kine Gueye, 39, owner of Kine Hair Braiding in Louisville, testified against the licensing of braiders in Kentucky.
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