Texas Student Seeks Court Order Over Hairstyle Dispute Learn about the case of Darryl George, a Black student facing disciplinary action over his hairstyle in a Texas school district. Top News · Sep 26, 2024
The legal fight over Black hair in Texas A U.S. judge recently dismissed a Black teen's claim that he was being discriminated against for having dreadlocks Salon · Aug 10, 2024
Judge dismisses most claims in federal lawsuit filed by Black Texas student punished over hairstyle A federal judge has dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student who was punished by a Texas school district for refusing to change his hairstyle The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2024
Fate of lawsuit filed by Black Texas student punished over hairstyle in hands of federal judge A federal judge has not issued an immediate ruling after hearing legal arguments over whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student in Texas over his hairstyle The Independent UK · May 23, 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
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
Texas school disciplines Black student over hairstyle – again Darryl George, 18, has been suspended from a Texas high school for a third time after refusing to cut his hair The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2023
Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle A Texas high school sent a Black student back to in-school suspension for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a monthslong standoff over a dress code policy the teen’s family calls discriminatory The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2023
Black student disciplined over hairstyle hopes to 'start being a kid again' For more than a month, Darryl George, a Black high school student in Texas, spent each school day sitting by himself in punishment over his hairstyle The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023
Black student suspended a day before state’s hairstyle rules change School alleged a variety of infractions, including breaking a regulation about ‘grooming’ The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023
A Black Texas student suspended for his hairstyle is shifted to an alternative school Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School, who was suspended for wearing a natural hairstyle, will be placed in a disciplinary alternative education program through Nov. 29. WEKU · Oct 12, 2023
Black student suspended over his hairstyle to be sent to an alternative education program A Black high school student who spent more than a month on in-school suspension over his dreadlocks has been told he will be removed from his Texas high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program on Thursday The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023
Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2023 Family of black student suspended for his hairstyle sue Texas officials “He has to sit on a stool for eight hours in a cubicle,” says Darryl George’s mother
The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2023 A black student’s family sues Texas' governor and AG over his suspension for his hairstyle The family of a Black high school student in Texas has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general over being suspended by his school district for his hairstyle
WEKU · Sep 22, 2023 A Black Texas student's suspension over his hair renews focus on the CROWN Act The high school student has been suspended for more than two weeks for wearing a natural hairstyle that officials say violated a dress code. So far, 24 states have signed the CROWN Act into law.
The Independent UK · Sep 20, 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 Black student suspended again after punishment over his hairstyle Darryl George, 17, has been suspended for a second time for his hairstyle, now his family are considering suing
The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023 A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. The school says it wasn't discrimination The same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, a Black high school student in Texas was suspended because school officials say his dreadlocks violated the district’s dress code
The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023 Black student suspended over hairstyle days after Texas ‘banned’ hair discrimination Darryl George was unfairly singled out by Texas school district, his mother says