It’s surprising fact for a Georgia HS prom that’s being organized to get attention for something many would assume is typical, accepted and normal. Wilcox County High School in Rochelle, Georgia will be having its first-ever integrated to prom. What is more bewildering in this is that it’s neither the school nor the parents organizing the event, but the students themselves.

A Georgia HS prom like this is assumed to be the normal order, but not in this part of the country.

When integration took effect in the state, the school-sponsored prom at Wilcox County High School ended. What happened instead is that parents began raising money for two separate proms – one for white students and one for black students.

A group of students is finally taking a stand and will change how the school does prom this year.

Quanesha Wallace, a black girl was crowned homecoming queen last fall. A white male student was crowned homecoming king the same time. The students went to two separate dances and were photographed for the yearbook separately.

Quanesha and her group of friends, both black and white, has decided that it’s time to end the separate proms in order that all of the school’s students could dance together.

Keela Bloodworth, a white student helping organize the event said, “It is embarrassing to know that I'm from the county that still does this.”

The students have raised $1,000.00 so far for the event, selling food plates and the like. School officials have also pitched in to raise funds. Students organizing the integrated prom have met some opposition, saying some of the signs they first put up to advertise were torn down.

The students are aware and hopeful of the impact their actions will do to the future students of Wilcox High School. Student and organizer, Mareshia Rucker said, “We realize that we're making history, because this has never happened before.” She hopes that what 2013’s senior class is doing will rub off on future students and finally end the practice of having segregated proms.

The school’s Superintendent Steve Smith said that he is aware of the private proms involving the students, but also noted that the parents are in their rights to raise money for separate proms. He did not mention if the school has plans to sponsor a prom in the near future.