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A legal battle in Texas over a Black student’s hairstyle has renewed calls for a national CROWN Act. Here is what that means
The family of a Black high school student who has been suspended for weeks over his locs hairstyle have sued Texas state leaders, requesting the governor take action to protect the 17-year-old ...
The Boston Globe1y
Attorneys call on high school sports agency to end discrimination against Black athletes’ hairstyles
Attorneys at Lawyers for Civil Rights called on the National Federation of State High School Associations to ... hair length and protective hairstyles” such as braids, dreadlocks, or hair ...
KTLA1y
High school suspends Black student over his hairstyle, again
A Texas high school sent a Black ... for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a monthslong standoff over a dress code policy the teen’s family calls discriminatory. The student, Darryl ...
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‘We are not giving up’ | Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle
MONT BELVIEU, Texas — A Texas high school sent a ... refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a monthslong standoff over a dress code policy the teen's family calls discriminatory.
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Middle School Teacher Bans 'Afros Or Any Other Outlandish Hairstyles' From Choir Concert
A teacher’s guidelines for middle school choir concert sparked outrage after he banned “Mowhawks, Afros or other outlandish hairstyles,” and advised students to see barbers or cosmetologists ...