The Justice Department has stepped into a legal dispute on behalf of two Texas students, De'Andre Arnold and Kaden Bradford, who say their school district discriminated against them when they were not allowed to attend classes because they refused to cut the length of their hair that they wore in locs.
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The Justice Department has stepped into a legal dispute on behalf of two Texas students, De'Andre Arnold and Kaden Bradford, who say their school district discriminated against them when they were not allowed to attend classes because they refused to cut the length of their hair that they wore in locs.
Mandatory Credit: VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images

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DOJ defends 2 Texas teens in fight with school district over long locs

The Justice Department has stepped into a legal dispute on behalf of two Texas male students who say their school district discriminated against them when they were not allowed to attend classes because they refused to cut the length of their hair that they wore in locs.