Sunday, January 18, 2009

A Mississippi High School's First Racially Integrated Prom

Charleston High School, located in the Mississippi delta, had its first racially integrated prom in 2008, ending a tradition of separate and privately organized proms for black and white students. In 1997 actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for an integrated prom; that offer was finally accepted last year and the event was captured on film for a documentary entitled "Prom Night in Mississippi."

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