Florida High School Shamed Into Changing Its Policy After Trying To Make A Black Honors Student Cut His Locs For Graduation Jacob Rush was a straight-A student at Abeka Academy in Pensacola, Florida.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A Florida high school came under fire last week for prohibiting a Black ...

Jacob Rush III has officially graduated from Abeka Academy in Pensacola, Florida, though his journey to the commencement stage wasn't exactly smooth sailing. As Blavity previously reported, Rush's ...

A Florida high school has issued a formal apology after telling a Black honor student that he had to cut his locs in order to walk in his graduation. Jacob Rush is a senior and straight-A student at ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Abeka Academy in Pensacola stated Tuesday it is changing its "no dreadlocks" policy regarding graduation. Abeka Academy is "an accredited, comprehensive virtual distance-learning ...