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Wilcox County High School has two proms: one for white students and one for non-white students
Four girls in Rochelle, Ga. are fighting to do in their hometown what the Civil Rights Act was meant to do for all of America in 1964: end segregation.
WSAV in Georgia reports that Wilcox County High School holds two proms for its students: a whites-only prom, and an integrated prom. WSAV notes that the school has never had a fully inclusive prom in its history.
Best friends Stephanie Sinnot, Mareshia Rucker, Quanesha Wallace and Keela Bloodworth are trying to change that. We are all friends, said Sinnot. Thats just kind of not right that we cant go to prom together.
If any non-white person tried to attend the whites-only prom, They would probably have the police come out there and escort them off the premises, said Bloodworth. According to WSAV, this was the case in 2012 when a biracial student who tried to attend the dance was turned away by police.
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/04/georgia_high_school_students_fight_for_first_ever_integrated_prom/
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)Disgusting that this exists, good for those brave girls!
liberal N proud
(60,302 posts)cordelia
(2,174 posts)Thanks so much!
liberal N proud
(60,302 posts)I love traveling the south, southern hospitality is great, but evidently it still eludes some. That is my point!
If the shoe don't fit, you don't need to put it on!
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)Ilsa
(61,675 posts)I guess the teachers don't want to accept that the kids like a lot of the same music.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Duplicate threads are not disallowed in GD. If there are too many for you, you can simply not click on the extra ones, I'd think.
liberal N proud
(60,302 posts)But I am not going to search through all of DU to see if one has been posted. If it was recent and is active, it will show up near the top of the Forum and then I would not post a new one.
I saw no such thread and thought this would make a good topic of conversation on DU and felt it should be shared.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)about the state of things in much of Georgia. While Atlanta is reasonably open, much of Georgia is not. No high school student should have to militate for an integrated prom in 2013. It's inconceivable to me that such a thing is still necessary anywhere in the US.
Very depressing.