Wilcox County High School is a small, rural school, located three hours south of Atlanta. Recently, in a school district that serves some 1,300 students in total. The high school has been in the news for it's continued tradition of holding segregated proms, and for
the efforts of some of the local students to raise funds to hold the first officially integrated prom in the community's history. Though,
most students were welcome to the "black prom," the first officially integrated prom happened this past Saturday. So many donors came forward, from around the world, that
the students say they have money left over to help local families in need. Unfortunately, this doesn't mean an end to the community's history of segregated proms, as
the "white prom" was still held, but a week earlier in Fitzgerald, Georgia, less than 10 miles south of the Wilcox County border.
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posted by filthy light thief
on Apr 29, 2013 -
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