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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 Times published an article about Wilcox County High School's first integrated prom, which took place that year, and was ...
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.
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.
Following Reconstruction, the 12 years after the Civil War, Forsyth County was home to about 12,000 residents, including a relatively small but growing population of Black people, dozens of whom ...
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.
Montgomery County High School.Their mascot is the Eagles. Sports available include baseball, football, wrestling, and basketball. The school has received national attention in the New York Times for unofficially sponsoring separate, segregated proms for white and black students. [4]
It's prom time for high schools in York and Adams counties. ... York County School of Technology: April 26 at Wisehaven Event Center. York High: Not available. York Suburban: ...
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 ...