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Anthony France

Family of black student suspended for his hairstyle sue Texas officials

The family of a black student in Texas suspended over his dreadlocks have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general.

Darryl George, 17, claimed on Saturday they failed to enforce a new law outlawing discrimination based on hairstyles.

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