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Jonathan Franklin

A Black Texas student has been suspended once again for his natural hairstyle

Darryl George, 18, will spend the remainder of the year in in-school suspension, extending a punishment that was first imposed in August over his hairstyle that district officials maintain violates their dress code policy. (Michael Wyke/AP)

A Black high school student in Texas who was suspended for more than a month for wearing a natural hairstyle returned to regular classes this week after spending a month at an alternative school.

The move, however, was short-lived. His family says he was suspended again for refusing to cut his locs to comply with the school's dress code policy.

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