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Title	Green McAdoo School: exhibit about founding of Green McAdoo School
Contributor(s)	West, Carroll Van, photographer
Date	2005?
Coverage	2000-2009
Property name	Green McAdoo School
Property type	School
Additional property type	Museum
National Register Reference	05001218 listed Nov. 8, 2005
Community Name	Clinton, Anderson County, TN
Latitude/Longitude	36.102074,-84.139502
Description	Color photograph of a large exhibit panel affixed to a brick wall. The exhibit, headlined "Prelude: The Green McAdoo School" consists of an enlarged photograph of the student body in 1952. Text below the exhibit includes information about the school site and history, including its near-inclusion in the Rosenwald Rural Schools program. The exhibit includes a small photograph of the original school, which was destroyed by arson, and a class photograph from the early 1900s.
Historical Notes	Clinton, TN was the site of the first successful desegregation of a state-supported high school in the south following the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954. Twelve students from the Green McAdoo School walked together to Clinton H.S. to register for the 1956-57 school year. While the decision was accepted by many in Clinton, threats of violence led to the first use of National Guard troops to enforce desegregation. Complete desegregation was not achieved until 1965. The school closed at that time but was then used for the Head Start program . Green McAdoo exemplifies the 1930s concept of a neighborhood school. Originally named Clinton Colored School, the name changed in 1947 when a wing was added. The school was named for Green L. McAdoo, a valued employee of the Anderson County Courthouse who had served in the Buffalo Soldiers as part of the Army's 24th Infantry at the end of the 19th century. Green McAdoo Grammar School became the leading educational facility for African American students in Anderson County. And as a community institution, it was a center for the Civil Rights Movement in Anderson County. The school became the Green McAdoo Cultural Center in 2006.
Collection Name	Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH	African American schools -- Tennessee
Subject-TGM	Exhibitions Educational facilities Students
Type	Still image
Format	jpeg2000
Genre	Photograph
Extent	Electronic
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file	green mcadoo 2007 006.jpg