Musician Otis Taylor gets high school diploma more than 50 years after being expelled for hair

74-year-old musician Otis Taylor receives high school diploma decades after being expelled for hair

"I heard rumors that some kids were getting kicked out of school for long hair," Taylor, a notable Trance Blues artist, told FOX Television Stations. "I was a little different, but I wasn't a troublemaker, you know. I was just to myself." "Well, bye," Taylor recalled of that day, adding, "I’m going to go to Sunset Strip – be a rock star." The newly enacted CROWN Act, which stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair, is a law that prohibits race-based hair discrimination in schools and workplaces. It is currently a law in 20 states including Colorado.

But despite not receiving a diploma in 1966, Taylor said it didn’t stop him from learning and having a career.

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