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Press
April 21, 2007. Turner County High School in Ashburn held its first school-sponsored prom — one dance for the whole class. The theme was Breakaway. These are the stories that ran then.
CNN
Students attend school's first integrated prom
April 23, 2007
The class voted for one official prom. James Hall, senior class president, called it a dream of all of ours.
ABC News
Georgia High School to Celebrate 'First-Ever' Integrated Prom
April 10, 2007
Four senior class officers — two Black, two white — asked for one prom. The theme was Breakaway.
NBC News
Ga. school plans its first non-segregated prom
April 2007
How the officers took it to Principal Chad Stone at the start of the year, and what they asked for.
NBC News / Associated Press
We're gonna party like it's 1969
April 23, 2007
The night itself — carriages downtown, one prom, a fresh start.
CBS News / Associated Press
Georgia School Holds First Integrated Prom
April 24, 2007
Stone put discretionary money behind the first school-sponsored prom after the class asked for it.
The Washington Post / Associated Press
Ga. School Throws First Integrated Prom
April 22, 2007
Greg Bluestein's wire story on the night in Ashburn.
Houston Chronicle / Associated Press
Georgia school has its first integrated prom
April 23, 2007
Same night, with names from the class in the photo caption.
Fox News / Associated Press
Georgia School Throws First Integrated Prom
April 22, 2007
The AP write-up of the first school prom and the homecoming change that year.
Equal Justice Initiative
April 21, 2007 — Turner County High School's first racially integrated prom
April 21, 2007
A later record of the date, the theme, and what the class officers asked for.