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Prom Night in Mississippi is a 2009 Canadian-American documentary film written and directed by Paul Saltzman. The documentary follows a group of 2008 Charleston High School high school seniors in Charleston, Mississippi as they prepare for their senior prom, the first racially integrated prom in Charleston history. [1] [2]
The school, 56% white, 31% black, and 12% Hispanic, had been holding separate white and black proms since 1971. [21] [22] [23] Montgomery County, Georgia: In 2009, The New York Times and The Daily Telegraph both profiled the racially segregated prom in Montgomery County, Georgia. [4] [6] [24] [25] Wilcox County, Georgia: In 2013, the New York ...
An adult prom is a social event that is almost perfectly similar to a high school prom in terms of themes and attire, except that some adult proms also serve alcoholic beverages, and therefore most adult proms (at least in the U.S.) require those attending to be at least 21 years of age. The origin of adult prom is unclear, though two events ...
May 2—Proms have returned for Vigo County School Corp. high school students this year. Terre Haute South had its prom Saturday, West Vigo's is May 8 and Terre Haute North's is May 21. "For a ...
Inspired by the true story of an African American teenager who shook up a small town where high school proms had been racially segregated for decades. Amid the protests of the community and with the help of a newspaper reporter who returns to her hometown to cover the story, the two women are able to reverse decades of racist tradition and make history, at least for one night.
Even decades after high school, you're never too old to look forward to prom night. Broadway Towers Senior Living residents got a prom of their own.
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Hulond Humphries (born May 1937) is a part-time hog farmer [1] and former principal at Randolph County High School who caused a national controversy in 1994 and 1995 after he threatened to cancel the high school's prom due to fears about interracial dating.