Clinton and the law
By: See it now, a CBS News production.
Contributors: Murrow, Edward R.; Friendly, Fred W.; Morse, Arthur D.; Scott, Edmund.; Williams, Palmer.; Kasper, John.; Turner, P. W.; CBS News.; CBS Television Network.; Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Series: Civil rights movement: primary sources; Civil rights movement, primary sources
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Format: Videorecording
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Racism -- Tennessee -- Clinton.; School integration -- Tennessee -- Clinton.; School integration -- United States -- Case studies.; Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.; United States -- Race relations -- Case studies.; Tennessee -- Race relations.; Clinton (Tenn.) -- Race relations.
Genres: Case studies.
Other titles: Study in desegregation: Clinton, Tennessee-- 1957.; See it now (Television program)
Description: Clinton High was the first school in Tennessee to desegregate -- an experience that led to chaos and violence. This program reports on the town's efforts in 1957 to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court's mandate in the face of coercive opposition. Footage of the Rev. Paul W. Turner preaching brotherhood and John Kasper expounding in his rhetoric of intolerance creates a vivid portrait of the times. Other individuals add their views, rounding out the picture of a community's successful struggle to reestablish law and order.
Notes: Production, Palmer Williams, Edward M. Jones, Aram Avakian, Don Hewitt.

Reporters: Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly, Arthur D. Morse, Edmund Scott.

"Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on January 6, 1957" on See It Now.

VHS format.

MMS copy: Public performance rights included; not for broadcasting for distance learning.