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A segregated prom refers to the practice of United States high schools, generally located in the Deep South, of holding racially segregated proms for white and black students. The practice spread after these schools were integrated, and persists in a few rural places to the present day.
When Mareshia Rucker was a high school senior in 2013 at Wilcox County High School in Georgia, USA, she led efforts to get her high school to hold a single, racially integrated, senior prom. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Previously her high school had only allowed students to attend racially segregated parties.
However, Turner County High School did not integrate until 1970. Nonetheless, the school continued to host segregated proms until 2007. [5] In 2021, 70% of students voted in favor of changing the school's mascot to the Titan, citing ties to Confederate ideology. [6] [7]
In 2013, students organized the first private racially integrated prom, [2] and the school district announced that it would consider holding a school-sponsored integrated prom in 2014. [4] The first school-organized prom was held in 2014, and the school has held a prom each year since. [5]
In the wake of the 2023 prom season, teens are posting pictures and videos of their celebratory nights, sparking an online debate on "over-the-top" proms.
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More recently, the county was noted for its practice of organizing segregated proms, a practice that had continued since integration of its schools in the 1970s. [8] [9] [10] Following publicity about this practice, Montgomery County students took the initiative to integrate the prom in 2010. [11]