AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- A Texas teenager who was told his dreadlocks violate his high school's dress code has inspired members of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus to introduce an act that bans ...

Brian is a Boston-based Forbes breaking news reporter. The family of a suspended Black high school student outside Houston—who was suspended for his hairstyle—filed a federal civil rights suit against ...

Both teens were told they would have to cut their hair if they wanted jobs at the Arlington amusement park, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. Brandon Kobe Pierce, 16, told WFAA-TV he's worn his ...

The New Jersey high school referee who received internet infamy last year for forcing a black teen to cut off his dreadlocks before a wrestling match has been banned from refereeing N.J. wrestling ...

Two African-American teens said they were denied employment at Six Flags Over Texas because of their hairstyles. Both teens say they were told they would have to cut their hair if they wanted a job at ...

Maria Perez is a breaking news reporter for Newsweek. She has an M.A in Urban Reporting from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. She has been published in the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange ...

A high school senior in Texas says he's been suspended from school because of dreadlocks that he's had for years.Deandre Arnold, whose family is from Trinidad, told KPRC-TV that his dreadlocks embrace ...

Critics say the issue is a lack of diversity in the school board and community. A Texas high school is in the spotlight after parents of two students said their sons face in-school suspension and ...