Article 6BSG3 Blues singer gets high school diploma decades after being expelled for his hair

Blues singer gets high school diploma decades after being expelled for his hair

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Ramon Antonio Vargas
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Otis Taylor attended Denver's Manual high school in 1966 when administrators forced him out because he wouldn't cut his hair

US blues musician Otis Taylor - whose critically revered song Ten Million Slaves has been featured on major films and television shows - has received his diploma from the high school which expelled him decades ago because of his hairstyle.

As CBS News Colorado reported Wednesday, the 74-year-old Taylor was studying at Denver's Manual high school in 1966 when he drew unwanted attention from administrators because of his long hair.

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