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 Ghanaian silk and cotton fabric.

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 California high school student was forcibly removed from his own graduation for wearing a kente cloth around his shoulders as he crossed the stage.. 18-year-old Elk Grove resident Nyree Holmes ...

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 ...

Black merit scholar is removed from graduation ceremony for refusing to take off traditional African cloth. Nyree Holmes, 18, of California was removed during ceremony on Tuesday ...

A high school student in California said Tuesday he wanted to wear a traditional African kente cloth as a symbol of his heritage over his graduation robes, but when he refused to remove it ...

Nyree Holmes said Saturday he wore the decorative cloth atop his graduation robes to have something that represented his culture during the ceremony at Sacramento's Sleep Train Arena on Tuesday.

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 ...