Black-and-white photograph from the fall of 1956 of National Guardsmen marching down the street past Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee. Federal courts ordered schools in Clinton, Tennessee, to integrate "with all deliberate speed" in 1956. In September, segregationists Asa Carter and John Kaspar spoke against the school's integration by twelve African American students. After the speeches, violence in the city grew to the point that National Guard troups were brought into the city for two months to keep order. Kaspar was later charged with inciting a riot for his speech.

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Clinton High School Desegregation from the Knoxville Journal Collection, C.M. McClung Historical Collection, Knox County Public Library, Knoxville, Tennessee

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