Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet provenDisputed: argued, often by a hostile witness
Year: 1956 · Places: Tennessee, Africa
SUMMARYThe Clinton 12, 1956 (Nov 8, 2026; TANASI line research)
RECORD (Wikipedia, "The Clinton 12," citing Tennessee State Museum, Tennessee Historical Quarterly 1997, Tennessee Encyclopedia)the twelve: "Jo Ann Allen," "Bobby Cain," "Anna Theresser Caswell," "Gail Ann Epps," "Minnie Ann Dickey," "Ronald Gordon Hayden," "William Latham," "Alvah Jay McSwain," "Maurice Soles," "Robert Thacker," "Regina Turner," "Alfred Williams"; case "McSwain et al. v. County Board of Education of Anderson County, Tennessee"; "The leader of this group was John Kasper"; "The Tennessee National Guard was sent down to Clinton to restore peace"; "Paul Turner, a White pastor who escorted the group on December 4, 1956, was attacked and badly beaten by a White mob"; "Clinton High School was bombed and destroyed on October 5, 1958."
RECORD (U.S. Civil Rights Trail, Clinton)on "August 26, 1956," the Clinton 12 "attended their first day of class."
RECORD (Tennessee Lookout, Sept. 23, 2025, quoting Adam Velk of the Green McAdoo Cultural Center)"Bobby Cain graduated from Clinton High School on May 17, 1957"; Cain "died Sept. 22, 2025 at the age of 85."
PATTERNthey walked down from Foley Hill (Green McAdoo school) into a mob, and the school was dynamited two years later
DISPUTEDfirst day Aug. 26 vs Aug. 27 in other tellings; "first Black graduate of a desegregated public high school in the South" is the common claim (WBIR wording); the Lookout says only "the first African-American graduate of Clinton High School."
LENS (WW9)Young Gods: twelve teenagers
OPENthe court orders (1950 filing; 1956 ruling) from the federal docket; Green McAdoo Cultural Center records. Connects: P871, P872.