Original sentence: After his fame struck in the late 1960s, Hendrix told reporters that he had been expelled from Garfield by racist faculty for holding hands with a white girlfriend in study hall.However, Principal Frank Hanawalt insisted that it was simply due to poor grades and attendance problems
Edited sentence: When his fame struck in the late 1960s, Hendrix would enliven his own past by telling reporters that he was expelled from Garfield by racist faculty for holding hands with a white girlfriend in study hall, but Principal Frank Hanawalt insisted that it was simply due to poor grades and attendance problems