A graduate recognized

On May 15, Otis Taylor, age 74, received his diploma from Manual High School in Denver, Colorado, more than 50 years after he was expelled from the school for refusing to cut his long hair. At the time, there were no laws preventing hair discrimination. Today, Taylor, a blues musician, has produced more than a dozen albums and is a member of Colorado’s Music Hall of Fame. When the school was made aware that it listed Taylor as a notable alumnus yet had not allowed him to graduate, it wanted to correct its failure of the past, an education official said.…

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