according to reports, wilcox county high school does not have an official school sponsored prom. the proms are private proms, if you will, put on by students, by parents, for students. they are trying to change the way wilcox county high school thinks about their prom to black students and white students that are all best friends. you can imagine they want to attend the prom together. so, they are organizing a prom for everyone. >> but that does not go without troubles. >> to tell us more about this, we have two of the young ladies organizing this prom for everyone. they are on skype "right this minute" from georgia. tell us about this segregated prom system you have going on at your high school. >> it is the beginning of our county, really. there's always been a white prom and black prom. >> is this more about tradition or out and out racism? >> both. >> it's like a mix of both. quote unquote it's gotten so extreme it is racism. >> community leaders, anybody stepped up and said this is wrong? >> yeah and no. i can say one minister. no one really wants the change so they keep the

: wilcox county high has never an integrated prom.as anyone remembers, there has been one prom for white kids, and one prom for black kids. there will still be a white prom this year. but these teens are organizing another prom, that welcomes kids from all races. >> we share everything else together, why not have this one moment that means the world to us together. >> reporter: after segregation in schools was ruled illegal over 60 years ago in this country, many schools stopped sponsoring proms so they wouldn't have to worry about privately organized high school proms. proms remain privately sponsored here. at this bar, some say it's just a matter of tradition. >> if they want to get together to have a prom, they should be able to do it. the blacks should be able to do it, too. >> reporter: others are much more blunt about their desire to maintain the tradition. >> there should be two separate proms. >> reporter: tell me why you feel that way. >> i don't think they should be black boys dancing with white girls. i don't like that. i w

. >> wilcox county high never had integrated prom., for as long as anybody remembers, there is one prom for white kids and one prom for black kids. there will still be a white prom this year, but these teens are organizing another prom that welcomed kids from all races. >> we celebrate everything together, and why not have this one moment that means the world to us to be together. >> many many high schools stopped sponsoring proms so they wouldn't have to worry over privately sponsored proms. at this bar, some say it's just a matter of tradition. >> i think whites want to get together and have a program and they should be able to do it and i think the blacks should be able to do it too. >> reporter: others are much more blunt about their desire. >> there should be two separate proms. >> reporter: why do you feel that way? >> i think black boys go with black girls. not white girls. i wasn't raised that way. >> reporter: this isn't 1953. >> not being disrespectful but that's my opinion. >> reporter: appreciate who? >> my black folks, yo

>> wilcox county, georgia, three hours of here in atlanta, very pleasant place.ton fields, it's beautiful, great weather. nice people. very nice people. this is what is so interesting. when we've talked to people about controversial view points, a lot of them don't want to talk on camera but everyone was willing to talk on camera there. everyone was very polite and nice despite many of these people, not only parents but students had the same old-fashion views. listen to one of the former students who graduated recently. listen to what he had to say to me. >> i think there should be two separate proms. >> tell me why you feel that way. >> because black boys with white girls, i don't like that. i don't believe in that. i wasn't raised that way. >> he says he wasn't raised that way to accept black boys and white girls at the same prom. and you certainly hear that from a lot of people but it's very fair to say that there are not only many students at wilcox county high school but many parents say it's time to make a change. >> and you've done quite an investigation.

her daughter, mareshia rucker, and other students who have organized the first integrated prom in wilcoxunty high school in georgia, which will be held tomorrow. carlottato listen to talk about her journey in 1957, tell us very briefly about the journey you and your daughter took to challenge segregation in wilcox. >> first of all, i'm so thankful for this carlotta as well as the other eight who integrated. from that they have given the strength to continue to do what we have been doing for the past year now. a trying process, but through it all, these kids have planted their feet and said, we are going to do this. i have to get on board was something that is right, something that is good for the community collectively, and something that unifies us all, showing there is no difference between us. aside from the color of our skin. it has been a fight, but the best fight that i have had in my lifetime, i will say. >> finally, your feelings about your daughter who is sitting next to you? webster has before, now created words yet. as a parent, this is one of the most rewarding things that co

mary rose wilcox, supervisor for maricopa county. navarro, ao, -- ana republican political strategist. , hector barreto, senioriana quintero, attorney for the national resources defense council fifth latino advocacy program. we are glad you joined us. a conversation about latinos, coming up right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [applause]tavis: my name is tavissmiley, and i am honored to be the monitor of this conversation, called latino nation, behind the numbers. the numbers are clear. his community is growing exponentially in america. 25% of our students in school identify as latinos. this is the new america. we are going to have

this year a group of wilcox county seniors decided to take matters into their own hands. four girls, two black and two white, created this facebook page, integrated prom, asking for support for their cause and donations to fund an independent bash open to everybody. >> we were doing that so that we could get the word out and so that some people would begin to donate and help us out in what we were doing. >> reporter: saturday night, nearly half of the high school student body turned out for the integrated prom, making memories that will last a lifetime. despite this year's groundbreaking integrated dance there was once again this year a segregated prom, not a sanctioned event, it was a private one organized by the white parents of the white kids. >> baffling when you say groundbreaking in 2013. >> 2013. >> all right, ron. one school at a time. >> slowly, apparently. >> very slowly. >>> now to an usual problem, what do you do when you're 18-month-old is already reading the newspaper while potty training. or he's 5 and asks you chemistry problems you can't answer. >> this l

it was named after laura wilcox, a mental health worker who had been shot to death by a man who refused treatment. the county r remains the only county to implement the law. there have been other counties in los angeles county and other counties who are considering it. >> why have they not adopted the law. what is it about forced treatment and the consequences for an allowing refusing treatment. we have a panel who have a knowledge of this subject in some cases because of their professional endeavors and in some cases because of personal experiences and in some cases, both. let me introduce them. karen chen is an attorney manager for the san francisco public defenders office, kathy, whose son battled mental illness, can is a subject treatment expert for the medical center. danny is the associate director for the serial neeb breet program for the city of san diego. and san francisco chief of police. gary is a psychiatrist and laura's law advocate and eduardo vega of the mental health association of san francisco. let me start by opposing a question to karen chen from the public defenders

georgia chapter of the naacp has joined forces with students fighting to end segregated programs at wilcox county high school. >> shame on you. shame on any parent who continues to embrace the politics of segregation. >> four students are hoping to break the archaic tradition by forg funding and organizing the school's first integrated prom. >>> in sports the lady huskies win their eighth national championship. kelly faris scored 16 points with a rash of three-pointers. and freshman brianna stort had 23 as the huskies crushed louisville, 93-60. uconn geno auriemma tied the coaching record of eight women's championships. >> it feels great because when you see the reaction on these kids' faces, they've been through a lot. you know, the fact that i tied pat summers' record, that puts you in a category of the greatest women's basketball coach that ever lived. >> the uconn victory was the most lopsided score in a title game. >>> back in louisville, the national champion men's team were welcomed home under a double arch made by water cannons before players and coaches walked off headed for campu

joining us are mary rose wilcox, avid montejado from u.c. berkley. ana navarro. luis gutierrez from the illinois fourth congressional district, antonio gonzalez president of the william c. velazquez institute. hector, chairman of the latino coalition and we're glad you joined us. beyond the numbers starts right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had said it's always the right time o do the right thing. i just try to live the right way by doing the right thing every day. we have a lot work o to do. wal-mart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we could tamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [applause] >> hell oh, my name is tavis smiley and i'm honored to be moderator for this conversation called latino nation beyond the numbers. let me ask you to welcome our panel for those in the audience. i'm delighted to have this opportunity to sit amongst these influences. to talk about the issues that are important to all americans and especially in particularly and uniquely to

it was named after laura wilcox, a mental health worker who had been shot to death by a man who refused treatment. the county r remains the only county to implement the law. there have been other counties in los angeles county and other counties who are considering it. >> why have they not adopted the law. what is it about forced treatment and the consequences for an allowing refusing treatment. we have a panel who have a

georgia chapter of the naacp has joined forces with students fighting to end segregated proms at wilcoxy high school. >> shame on you. shame on any parent who can embrace the politics of segregation. >> four students are hoping to break the archaic tradition of by organizing and funding the school's first integrated prom. >>> in sports, the lady huskies win their eighth national championship. u con senior guard kelly farris scored a rash of three pointers. stewart had 23 points. the huskies crushed louisville. the coach tied the coaching record of eight women's championships. >> it feels great because when you see the reaction on these kids' faces, they've been through a lot. you know, the fact that i tied pat summer's record that, puts new the category of the greatest woman's basketball coach that ever lived. >> wow. the u convictry was the most lopsided score in a game. >>> tiger woods has his mojo back with his number one rating ahead of the masters tournament. he says he's got more time to win championships. >> we have a very expansive careers. i feel like i'm in the middle of mine.

the students say a good time was had by all, and thanks to their efforts, the wilcox county school board vote on making future proms official school events which would prohibit racial segregation. >> as long as you know you're standing up for something that's right, just keep on doing it. just keep on going with it. >> those two have so much swag. it's tough enough to be a teenager. hats off to these kids for showing such grace and guts and paving the way for future students. >>> and the third awesomest thing on the internet today, this epic takedown of one alex jones' conspiratorial goons. he calls himself a reporter for jones's website, he's the guy that you heard who's been publicly questioning authorities as a first question in every press conference to prove the boston marathons wasn't some false flag inside job attack as in the government planned the whole thing. well, one bostonian appears to have enough. he confronted him the other day and the reports were posted on youtube. here's a taste. >> your voice said this was a false flag. the bomb that blew up was a false flag. what is

overnight students at wilcox county high school were celebrating their prom night with a little extra enthusiasm. for this georgia high school, this prom has been over 40 years in the making. for the first time ever, the high school students danced together for a prom that was segregated. the county school board has avoided endorsing prom festivities. two dances year after year, one for white students and one for black students. 12k3w4r time for a change and we have it this evening. it feels good. >> reporter: some students have lobbied over the years to end the practice of segregated proms. they decided to make matters of their own hands. four girls, two blacks and two whites, on this facebook page, integrated prom. >> we were doing that so that we could get the word out and so that some people would begin to donate aelp us out in what we were doing. >> reporter: saturday night, students turned out for the integrated prom making memories that will last a lifetime. despite this year's groundbreaking integrated dance there was once again by a segregated prom, it was a private one organ

here to compare the best streaming devices on the market today, jim wilcox, senior electronics editor for "consumer reports." thanks for coming on the show. i really appreciate it because this is a topic i think our viewers are really interested in. tell us first, the 101, what do these streaming devices do? >> the idea you hear a lot about smart tvs and internet tvs and what these devices allow to you have a smart tv without having a smart tv. it brings internet content to tv not necessarily internet enabled. >> you tell us we may have the capability and not know it. how so? >> a lot of devices in home have streaming capabilities for example, tivo. almost all the game systems can do streaming. blu-ray players. if you have internet connected blu-ray player a lot of those do streaming. gerri: so you may be a step ahead and may not even know it. what kind of capability to make that happen? >> they need to be hdmi input. you need a tv that has hdmi input in it. these devices though, some will have come boss video outputs. if you have older tv with analog connections you can still connect

but there is a group of friends at wilcox county high school trying to change all of that.s first integrated prom. >> it's embarrassing. >> yeah, kind of embarrassing. >> we're all friends. it's not right that we can't go to prom together. >> we have a white prom and integrated prom. >> i felt like it had to be a change because for me to be a black person and for her to be a white person, i felt like doctor can't we just come together. >> if we don't change it, no one else will. >> how about that. but this group of high school steenors is running into resistance. >> we put up posters and people are ripping them down at the school. >> we have to stick with the tradition, it's a traditional thing, we don't need to change. but i'm like why. no one could answer my question. >> and they think nothing's broken so why fix ey is a repor and columnist and you have the blog get schooled. so welcome to you. >> thank you. >> let me just speak on behalf of a lot of viewers watching and thinking are you kidding me? in 2013, segregated proms and that's okay? >> i think it shocks people an

we have lindsey wilcox with us.ave information with us about the efforts in north texas to help folks in west. >> we have heard from people throughout the night, the mayor of west saying that they have enough resources. sitting here watching these images, the coverage -- >> back is it the nbc affiliate covering an explosion out of the town of west, texas. hundred slightly injured, many injured. hospitals are treating many patience for burn injuries. we do not have confirmed numbers or fatalities. the community has been severely damaged, hundreds of homes either completely destroyed or damaged in some way. at this time, officials are going door to tour. we do have new video to share with you. this was sent in by a viewer. this is of the explosion. we should warn you that it may be disturbing for some of our viewers. take a look. >> again, you are looking at video of a fertilizer plant explosion as it took place before 8:00 p.m. local time in the town of west, texas. a fire had already been burning up the time the exp

educational facilities -- and it is clear to a brilliant seventh grade student today, but many parents at wilcoxwhy these adults continue to separate high school proms. these parents as a -- hold separate senior proms for white and black students. but this year, a group of students said that segregation had stood long enough. they decided to fundraise for a integrated senior prime minister. this week they announced having raised enough money to throw a prom, together, all of them regardless of race. they posted this message to their donors saying we believe with love you opened up your hearts so we they thank you again from the bottom of our hearts. honestly, i kind of can't believe that in 2013, i find myself of reporting on the victory of achieving an integrated school dance. i can't believe that students have to use social media and bake sales to be able to have an integrated prom. thank goodness there's people willing to teach it to us again and again and again, maybe we'll eventually be smart enough to learn it for good. that's our show for today. thank you for watching at home, now it's ti

this is from -- wilcox county in georgia.roup of friends some black some white are making a push this time around to integrate the prom for everybody else. school officials are resistant. local officials are resistant saying that this is tradition. this is culture. it is way it's always been done. and now you have the governor of georgia nathan deal. his office responding to the story and saying that the push to integrate proms is from outside agitators agitators who are leftists, a leftist front group is trying to integrate the prom. >> bill: how about brown v. board of education. rob watson, assistant track coach at the university of virginia. he finished 11th in the boston marathon vid. we'll talk to him next with igor volsky from think progress and the rest of us here on the "full court press." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage