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Family Suing Texas Officials over Suspension for Hairstyle

HOUSTON (AP) — The family of a Black high school student in Texas who was suspended over his dreadlocks filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Saturday against the state`s governor and attorney general, alleging they failed to enforce a new …

Virginia Company Settles Dreadlocked Hair Discrimination Suit

A Roanoke-based moving company will pay $30,000 as part of a settlement with a Waynesboro-area man who says he was denied a job because he wouldn’t cut his long, dreadlocked hair. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit …