<p>Rebroadcast: In 1956, a federal judge ordered the town of Clinton, Tennessee to desegregate its high school. The unrest that followed tore the town apart.</p>

'A most tolerant little town': The forgotten story of desegregation in Clinton, Tennessee

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'A most tolerant little town': The forgotten story of desegregation in Clinton, Tennessee

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