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IdaBriggs

(10,559 posts)
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 05:43 AM Apr 2013

2013: Georgia high school to host first integrated prom

This is not the Onion. This is really news.



http://www.kvue.com/news/201427871.html

MACON, Ga. --Students at one south Georgia high school share classrooms and sports fields; but, they don't share the same prom.

The school holds one prom for white students and another for students of color.

(Snip this is real including for homecoming)

The girls said if any race other than Caucasian tries to attend the white prom, that student would probably be escorted off the premises by police. That was the case last year when a biracial student was turned away by police.

(Snip kids don't like it)

So the girls decided to take matters into their own hands. They’re organizing a prom for everyone to attend. But, not everyone is fond of the idea.

(Snip opposition stuff)

The senior class is raising money to pay for the integrated prom, without the help of school officials. It will be held April 27.
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2013: Georgia high school to host first integrated prom (Original Post) IdaBriggs Apr 2013 OP
Am I the only person who was stunned by this in 2013? IdaBriggs Apr 2013 #1
 

IdaBriggs

(10,559 posts)
1. Am I the only person who was stunned by this in 2013?
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 08:45 AM
Apr 2013

No replies yet. Well, one kick because I posted it early in the morning, and then time to let it sink, if no one else is interested.

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