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The prom was funded by Morgan Freeman, a Charleston resident, and exposed racial tension in the town, mainly among administrators and parents of the students of the high school. Filmed on location in Mississippi, Prom Night in Mississippi was directed by Canadian director Paul Saltzman with his wife Patricia Aquino acting as producer. It was ...
Charleston, Mississippi: In 1997, actor Morgan Freeman offered to fund a racially integrated prom in Charleston, Mississippi, where he lives. The offer was turned down. In 2007, he made the offer again and it was accepted, and the school held its first integrated prom in 2008, profiled in the documentary Prom Night in Mississippi. [15]
Freeman was born on June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee. [ 5 ] He is the son of Mamie Edna (née Revere; 1912–2000), a teacher, [ 6 ] and Morgan Porterfield Freeman (July 6, 1915 – April 27, 1961), [ 2 ] a barber, who died of cirrhosis in 1961. [ 7 ] He has three older siblings. [ 8 ] Some of Morgan's great-great-grandparents were enslaved ...
By: Gibson Johns. To many, Morgan Freeman is a sort of god. The Academy Award-winning actor's legend is so cemented in Hollywood history -- and his wise, sage-like voice so iconic and rich -- that ...
Morgan Freeman has dismissed the idea of Black History Month, saying: “My history is American history.”. The 87-year-old The Shawshank Redemption and Seven star had previously called the ...
American actor and producer Morgan Freeman has had a prolific career on film, television and on the stage. His film debut was as an uncredited character in the Sidney Lumet –directed drama The Pawnbroker in 1964. Freeman also made his stage debut in the same year by appearing in the musical Hello, Dolly!
Charleston High School held its first racially integrated prom in April 2008. [9] This event was the subject of the 2008 HBO documentary Prom Night in Mississippi. The documentary focused on Charleston High School and the efforts to have a mixed prom instead of the traditional racially segregated proms. Strider Academy, near the city, closed in ...
Lean on Me is a 1989 American biographical drama film directed by John G. Avildsen, written by Michael Schiffer, and starring Morgan Freeman.It is based on the story of Joe Louis Clark, a real life inner city high school principal in Paterson, New Jersey, whose school is in danger of being placed into receivership of the New Jersey state government unless students improve their test scores on ...