Georgia Students Want To Hold The First Integrated Prom In Their High School’s History

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/04/04/1823461/georgia-students-want-to-hold-the-first-integrated-prom-in-their-high-schools-history/

By Aviva Shen on Apr 4, 2013


Four students at Wilcox County High School in Georgia want to attend prom together — but under the current setup, they won’t be allowed to unless they throw their own. Wilcox County High School’s proms are still segregated by race, meaning Stephanie Sinnot, Mareshia Rucker, Quanesha Wallace, and Keela Bloodworth — half of whom are black and half of whom are white — would be forced to attend separate proms:

Stephanie and Keela are white and Mareshia and Quanesha are black. They’re seniors at Wilcox County High School, a school that has never held an integrated prom during its existence.

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