A student in Sacramento, Calif., was escorted out of his graduation because of the way he accessorized his cap and gown. Nyree Holmes wore a kente cloth scarf — made of interwoven silk and cotton ...

When a group of Democratic legislators donned kente cloth at the unveiling of legislation aimed at police brutality, critics weighed in. Here's a... On June 8, a small group of Democratic lawmakers ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A black teenager says he was escorted out of his high school graduation ceremony in Sacramento by three deputies for refusing to remove his kente cloth, a traditional ...

A high school Black merit scholar said he was removed from his graduation ceremony for refusing to take off a traditional African kente cloth. Nyree Holmes, 18, of California was waiting in line to ...

Police escorted an 18-year-old merit scholar out of his Elk Grove, California, high school graduation Tuesday for refusing to remove his Kente cloth, a traditional Ghanaian silk and cotton fabric.

A black Northern California senior says deputies removed him from his high school graduation ceremony on May 24 for wearing a kente cloth meant to express his African heritage. Nyree Holmes of Elk ...

Dennis Class predicts he will cry when he is recognized at SUNY Cortland’s Kente Graduation Ceremony on Friday, May 20. Class, 28, a nontraditional student from the Bronx, N.Y., is one of 35 students ...

Elk Grove school trustees have relaxed rules on graduation wear after a Cosumnes Oaks High School student was escorted out of his ceremony by sheriff’s deputies in May after he refused to remove an ...

Nyree Holmes achieved great academic success while attending the predominately white Cosumnes Oaks High School in Elk Grove, California. He became a merit scholar and was accepted into California ...

About a dozen students at Southeast High School in Wichita plan to wear kente-cloth stoles over their graduation gowns, after lobbying school officials to allow the traditional African symbols at ...

SACRAMENTO (KGO) -- A graduating high school student from Elk Grove was escorted out of his graduation ceremony because of a wardrobe choice. Nyree Holmes wore an African kente cloth over his ...

SACRAMENTO, CA -- A graduating high school student from Elk Grove in Sacramento, Calif. was escorted out of his graduation ceremony because of a wardrobe choice. Nyree Holmes wore an African kente ...