Forgotten Heroes: Lessons from School Integration in a Small Southern Community

<p>In the fall of 1956 Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee became the first public school in the south to desegregate. This paper examines how the quiet southern town handled the difficult task of forced integration while maintaining a commitment to the preservation of law and order. As the strength of a community was being tested, ordinary citizens in extraordinary circumstances met the challenges of integration with exceptional courage.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Cate, Whitney Elizabeth

• Brown vs. Board of Education
• Integration
• John Kasper
• Segregation
• Arts and Humanities
• Cultural History
• History

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1512

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-2705