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Toombs County High School holds segregated proms again
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http://www.citizenonline.net/citizen/archive/article194AC34F73AC42CFB936FD31DBCEFB63.asp

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LYONS — A high school in south Georgia held three different proms — one each for whites, blacks and Hispanics.
The proms for seniors and juniors were private parties, but some students attended more than one of the events, said Ralph Hardy, principal for Toombs County High School.
Students in Toombs County, about 160 miles southeast of Atlanta, have had segregated black and white proms since schools were integrated in 1971, said school board member Needum Rogers.
This year, a group of Hispanic students added their own prom, which was held Saturday — the day after the white students’ event. Three weeks before that, black students held their prom.
Yuri Flores said she started pushing for a Hispanic prom after she tried to buy tickets for the white prom. A girl with the prom committee wanted to know if her date was white, black or Hispanic.
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