By Juan LozanoThe Associated Press ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) — A judge ordered Jan. 24 that a trial be held next month to determine whether a Black high school student in Texas can continue being punished by his district for refusing to change a hairstyle he and his family say is protected by a new state […]
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Black student suspended for hairstyle with twisted locs
By Cheyanne Mumphrey,and Juan Lozano, The Associated Press A Black high school student in Texas has served more than two weeks of in-school suspensions for wearing twisted locs to school. After being punished, 17-year-old Darryl George returned to school with the same hairstyle and was suspended again, his mother said. George, a junior at Barbers […]