According to website:
In 1997, Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman made an historic offer to the high school in his hometown of Charleston, Mississippi: He would foot the bill for the school’s senior prom—on condition that both black and white students be allowed to attend. Even though the students shared classes and every other aspect of school life, Charleston High had a tradition of holding two proms—one white, one black. Freeman’s offer was ignored. In 2008, he made it again. This time, the school accepted and history was made, but not without significant opposition. PROM NIGHT IN MISSISSIPPI tells the highly entertaining and ultimately hopeful story of the fallout from Freeman’s offer, as senior students of Charleston High rally in preparation for the school’s first-ever integrated prom.
Interesting. Airs tomorrow (Monday) night on HBO!
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as a white 24 year old born in the bronx raised on 233rd and white plains, but now lives in CT and works in manhattan… i am sooooo thankful that my parents raised me in the bronx!!!! where there are sooo many mixed cultures. It makes me sick to my stomach… mostly because THAT is MIDDLE AMERICA! actually, that is AMERICA! UGHHHHHHHHH! I cannot believe that white girl was saying the N word so FREELY! I would have slapped her if i were there. I have many mixed, black, spanish, etc friends, and i would never ever think about saying the N word or any other discriminatory thing! ever! America has a LONGGGG WAYYYY TO GOOD! just because we have a black president, doesnt mean racism doesnt exist. Ugh, once again, thank you mom and dad for raising me up in the east coast!!!!!!!!