https://www.npr.org/2023/09/22/ [login to see] /crown-act-texas-hairstyles-law-nationwide
A Black high school student in Texas was suspended for more than two weeks for wearing a natural hairstyle that school officials say violated the district's dress code.
Now, he and his mother are suing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state's attorney general for allegedly failing to enforce a state law that prohibits hair discrimination.
Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, (a town roughly 40 minutes outside of Houston) has faced numerous in-school suspensions since Aug. 31 due to his locs. School officials say George's locs fell below his eyebrows and ear lobes, according to local media reports, which violates the district's dress code for male students.