[Blueflag]

the actual prom *was* integrated again this year. This 'segregated prom' was a private party separate from the prom. We'll see how Bill and Neal 'listen' to each other. FWIW, my wife grew up in a midwestern town that crowned a white king and queen and a black king and queen, and so on down the homecoming court as well. <> The school was afraid that due to the numbers in the school, only white kids would ever get voted to the throne.

[TomGuy]

This 'segregated prom' was a private party separate from the prom.

Exactly. But it has stuck in Bill's craw. I can understand his position--in an ideal world, but I can see other examples from the other side, as well:

Black History Month (February)
NAACP
Atlanta Country Club (don't know O'reilly's stand on this one)
Black Entertainment Television


O'reilly's making an issue out of a private party. This prom was probably not sanction, nor approved, by the school board. The operative words are private party. Regardless of the overtones.