"Trial Set for Texas School's Punishment of Black Student with Locs Hairstyle"

A Texas judge has set a trial date for next month in the case of Darryl George, a Houston-area teen who has been suspended from school for months over the length of his locs hairstyle, which the school district says violates the dress code for male students. George and his family have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the district and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, alleging that the suspension violates the state's Crown Act, which prohibits discrimination based on hairstyles commonly associated with race. The district denies that its policy violates the Crown Act and insists that it will continue to fight for its community's rights, even if it means going to the U.S. Supreme Court.