Georgia school to hold first racially integrated prom dance

Though the Supreme Court ruled racial segregation unconstitutional in 1954, parents in a town in Georgia have ensured the doctrine of "separate but equal" survived at prom dances.

But that could all change. Students at Wilcox County High School in south Georgia have organized the school's very first racially integrated prom, which will be held on April 27.

"We live in rural south Georgia, where not too many things change," they wrote on a Facebook page they created. "Well, as a group of adamant high school seniors, we want to make a difference in our community. For the first time in the history of our county, we plan to have an integrated prom."

When the school was integrated 30 years ago, it ended its annual prom and parents began sponsoring their own private dances for students. The prom and homecoming dances have been segregated ever since.

A biracial student tried to attend an all-white prom last year. The incident resulted in the student being turned away and police being called.

"I actually put up posters for the integrated prom and we've had people ripping them down at the school," Keela Bloodworth, one of the organizers of the integrated prom, told local news station WSFA.

Watch video, courtesy of WSFA, below:

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