tnkcl_knoxjournal_000205 000205 knoxjournal tnkcl yes National Guardsmen at Clinton High School 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 Violence--Tennessee--Clinton Soldiers--Tennessee--Clinton 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. 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=200700000001235 Clinton High School Desegregation from the Knoxville Journal Collection, C.M. McClung Historical Collection, Knox County Public Library, Knoxville, Tennessee 1956 Anderson County (Tenn.) Clinton (Tenn.) For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200 20090825 133356