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The Integration of Clinton High School

Stories of Appalachia
Stories of Appalachia
Episode • Jul 23, 2016 • 12m
After the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education ruling by the Supreme Court, schools began preparing to integrate across the South, with the first school scheduled to be Clinton High School in the East Tennessee town of Clinton. The end of segregation brought protests, threats, beatings, and a bombing that destroyed the high school. On […]