Federal Judge Dismisses Most Claims In Hair Discrimination Lawsuit Federal judge dismisses most claims in lawsuit over high school student's hairstyle discrimination at Barbers Hill school district. Top News · Aug 7, 2024
Black teen punished for length of hair After short trial, Texas judge ruled that officials are not violating new state law prohibiting hair discrimination Salon · Feb 23, 2024
Judge says Texas school district can punish Black student for length of his hairstyle After a short trial, a Texas judge ruled that Barbers Hill school officials are not violating a new state law prohibiting hair discrimination. The Texas Tribune · Feb 22, 2024
A Texas school has punished a Black student over his hairstyle for months. Neither side is backing down. In a test of Texas’ new CROWN Act prohibiting discrimination based on hairstyles, a judge said the Barbers Hill school district can limit the length of male students’ hair. The Texas Tribune · Feb 22, 2024
Why can’t white America leave Black children’s hair alone? A Texas school is punishing a teenager for wearing his hair in neat locs. How is this still happening in 2024? The Guardian - US · Jan 30, 2024
A Black Texas student has been suspended once again for his natural hairstyle Darryl George, 18, showed up for class on Tuesday at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, before being removed and placed back into in-school suspension for natural hairstyle. WEKU · Dec 6, 2023
Debate over a Black student's suspension over his hairstyle in Texas ramps up with probe and lawsuit The debate over whether a Black high school student in Texas should be serving in-school suspension for wearing twisted dreadlocks to class has intensified as the student’s family and his school district both took legal action The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023