A Georgia school district is just holding its first
racially integrated prom.
This past weekend, Wilcox County High School in Rochelle sponsored a prom for both black in
white students. In the past the school has not sponsored proms, but
instead allowed parents to sponsor segregated, invitation-only events.
Last year, a group of students organized a prom for students of all colors, although
the school did not officially hold the event. The students raised
money for the event via social media.
“Love really has no color, and I want everybody to know that if you stand
up for something you believe in only
positive things can come from it,” Mareshia Rucker, a 2013 prom organizer told
WMAZ-TV said at the time.
While the school has certainly taken a step forward
by holding the integrated prom, some students do not feel that everyone at the
school has been supportive of the event.
"I'm absolutely sure that there
are teachers that are still in the system right now that are at my school and
they still don't want an integrated prom," Rucker told The Indy
Channel over the weekend.
Wilcox County High School was first integrated during the 1970s,
per The New York Times.
A representative for the school could not be
reached for comment.
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