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Ga. School Throws First Integrated Prom »

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For the first time, the faces of students at the Turner County High School prom were both white and black. Each year, in spite of integration, the school's white students had raised money for their own unofficial prom and black students did the same to throw their own separate party, an annual ritual that divided the southern Georgia peanut-farm

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KicBoxStallion
April 23, 2007, 2:30 a.m.
wow, and people in denial still say aparthide and segregation ended "years ago", .. not really!
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shindhyq
April 23, 2007, 5:23 a.m.
About time, it reminds me in about 1975 back in Picayune MS off the main highway there was a restaurant where displayed on a wall mural was Save Our Land Join The Clan and a white horse dragging a lassooed black man by the neck. And can you believe that at this same time in Picayune black people had to use the back entrance to the theater and sit in a seperate section.
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blksentra2
April 23, 2007, 7:33 a.m.
Wow, I had absolutely no idea that something like that was going on here in GA.
Talk about being a few decades behind.
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Articulate
April 23, 2007, 7:39 a.m.
I live in Rocky Mount, NC, where there are nearly 400 churches--most of which still ARE segregated. The progressive (!!) pastor of my church was met with animosity when he suggested expanding the congregation to include ALL races. I've lived here about 4 yrs, moving from the very liberal north to a very conservative, openly prejudiced community. This school in GA was openly racist--and truth be told, I think OPEN racism is easier to deal with than the sneaky, backbiting I see here. FYI: I'm a white woman who attends a "mostly" black church--and who, after nearly a year, still gets strange looks when I tell people where I attend services.
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bek423
April 23, 2007, 9:18 a.m.
Articulate, what you do takes some guts. I too am a white woman and my best friend is black. I often go places with her and her 2 teenagers, and even here in liberal New Jersey, I still occasionally catch someone looking at us with more than a passing interest. Sometimes the looks show a dull curiosity, and other times I detect some scorn or hostility.
The prom kids in Georgia are heroes in my estimation. And they looked beautiful in the photo. I bet they had a great time.
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Neophile
April 23, 2007, 11:10 a.m.
Welcome to the 20th century, Turner County High!
Just wait until they discover cassette tapes...