Thursday, November 19, 12:30p
Pacific Room at Tides
An official selection at the Sundance Film Festival, Prom Night in Mississippi tells the story of senior students of Charleston High who rally in preparation for the school’s first-ever integrated prom. 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, they 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.
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