Valedictorian of High School in Louisiana Banned from Graduation Over Beard

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“What was the real issue that he couldn’t walk with his class?” Davis added to WWL-TV. “He was top of his class, you know, that moment was the most important moment of his life.”

The local NAACP is now investigating the matter. “His robe and cap were taken so he could not march, and that’s just wrong,” Patricia Morris, head of the local NAACP chapter, told WVUE.

Jack Phillips
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