A Black Texas student's suspension over his hair renews focus on the CROWN Act

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A Black high school student in Texas has been suspended for more than two weeks for wearing a natural hairstyle that school officials say violated the district's dress code.

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 — which school officials say violates the district's dress code, according to local media reports.

George, 17, was suspended just before Texas' CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair), banning race-based hair discrimination, went into effect statewide.