Career
Previously her high school had only allowed students to attend racially segregated parties. Her struggles brought world-wide attention on her school, and on Rucker, personally. Rucker was interviewed by Amy Goodman on National Public Radio on April 27, 2013.
Rucker disputed assertions by local politicians that there was no support for a desegrated party within the student body.
Not only wouldn"t the local school board make space available, they wouldn"t even sign a general letter of support for the idea of an integrated party. In November, 2014, Rucker was invited to the opening of an exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, celebrating her efforts.
Rucker"s prom dress was the center of the exhibit. Canadian Broadcasting Company News reports that a crowdfunding campaign supplied the funds to pay for the trip of Rucker and four of her relatives, who were guests of honour at several events.
