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Prom Night in Mississippi Clips

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 cond...  
 
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ififellinlove77 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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sick.
ZappleZ (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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no racism in new york? gosh, no way!

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punkette2009 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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you can't talk about mississippi unless you have lived here.......that is literally the only city in mississippi where they still did that shit. our proms have been integrated for years and we love it. thank you very much....
Brad1555 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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that's messed up.
neyci01 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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o wait ur white ok just tryna make sure ur ot a racist..btw im black
neyci01 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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thats so contradicting
Tritonality (1 month ago) Show Hide
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They are minimal in Mississippi as well. I guarantee you that segregated proms are not commonplace here. I have lived in Jackson, MS my entire life, and I've never heard of such a thing. I hate that they found the one town that is stuck in the 1960's and made a documentary about them... without stressing that this is not the norm. That should have been said.
saraomidvar (1 month ago) Show Hide
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LOL you're right bobreidy. prejudice is wrong and protestants suck ass. does the irony escape you or something?
BobReidy (1 month ago) Show Hide
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This is true.I dont hate Protestants.I just resent them for their persecution of Catholics and other groups.
MrsPoodle78 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Oh yeah, the Catholics never persecuted anyone! Remember the crusades? Takamata? Read a book!

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