Topic - Adam Velk

Although Boyce's family had originally been optimistic about integration, with her grandmother making her several new outfits, the violence became too much for them, said Adam Velk, executive director of the Green McAdoo Cultural Center, which promotes the legacy of the Clinton 12.

Jo Ann Allen Boyce, who wrote a book about her experience integrating Clinton High School, has died →

They just happed to live within the Anderson County school district at the time, Velk said.

Bobby Cain, a member of the Clinton 12 who helped integrate Tennessee high schools in 1956, has died →