tnkcl_knoxjournal_000200 000200 knoxjournal tnkcl yes Asa Carter speaking Knoxville Journal School integration--Tennessee--Clinton Segregation in education--Tennessee--Clinton Race relations Clinton (Tenn.)--Race relations White supremacy movements--Tennessee--Clinton Segregationists--Tennessee--Clinton African American students--Tennessee--Clinton Racism--Tennessee--Clinton White Citizens councils--Southern States Carter, Asa E., 1925-1979 Black-and-white photograph from September 1956 of speechwriter and segregationist Asa Carter, a member of the White Citizens Council in Alabama, speaking agianst the integration of Clinton High School in Anderson County, Tennessee. Carter is surrounded by white children as he speaks. Federal courts ordered schools in Clinton, Tennessee, to integrate "with all deliberate speed" in 1956. On September 1, Carter, who wrote fiction under the name Forrest Carter, and fellow segregationist John Kaspar made speeches 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 to keep order. Kaspar was later charged with inciting a riot for his speech. The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. Knoxville, Tenn. : Volunteer Voices Knox County Public Library System Volunteer Voices (Project) 2007-03-15 Black-and-white photographs http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001230 Clinton High School Desegregation from the Knoxville Journal Collection, C.M. McClung Historical Collection, Knox County Public Library, Knoxville, Tennessee 1956-09-01 Anderson County (Tenn.) Clinton (Tenn.) For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200 20090825 133301