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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.
Charleston High School held its first racially integrated prom in April 2008. [10] This event was the subject of the 2008 HBO documentary Prom Night in Mississippi. The documentary focused on Charleston High School and the efforts to have a mixed prom instead of the traditional racially segregated proms. Strider Academy, near the city, closed ...
The school held its first racially integrated prom in April 2008, [7] which was the subject of the 2008 HBO documentary Prom Night in Mississippi. The documentary focused on the school and the efforts to have a mixed prom instead of segregated proms, with one for whites and the other for blacks. In 2010, the graduation rate was 68.8%.
This year's prom was all about taking a walk on the wild side, because anything animal print—whether it was zebra, cheetah, or leopard—could be found on a prom dress. akova - Getty Images 2010 ...
Charleston, Mississippi: In 1997, actor Morgan Freeman offered to fund a racially integrated prom in Charleston, Mississippi, where he lives. The offer was turned down. In 2007, he made the offer again and it was accepted, and the school held its first integrated prom in 2008, profiled in the documentary Prom Night in Mississippi. [15]
Charleston escaped a late scare by Heidelberg to take the 2023 MHSAA football Class 2A state championship.
Here are Mississippi high school football scores from the MHSAA state championships at Ole Miss' Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford: ... Charleston (12-2) vs. Heidelberg (11-3), 4 p.m.
Charleston High School held its first racially integrated prom in April 2008. [7] This event was the subject of the 2008 HBO documentary Prom Night in Mississippi. The documentary focused on Charleston High School and the efforts to have a mixed prom instead of the traditional racially segregated proms.