'The Wrong Area': Georgia County Blocks Black Hair Salon Because She Would Compete with Other Businesses. Now, She's Suing

'The Wrong Area': Georgia County Blocks Black Hair Salon Because She Would Compete with Other Businesses. Now, She's Suing

Khalilah Few, a Black entrepreneur who has run a natural hair business, braiding and styling hair for 20 years, poured her life savings into renovating a new salon in Jonesboro, Georgia, that would allow her to expand her business. But a clash with Clayton County bureaucrats over a zoning permit has put a screeching halt to her plans and led her to fight back against what her attorneys call unlawful economic protectionism. Hairstylist Khalilah …