{"product_id":"a-most-tolerant-little-town-the-explosive-beginning-of-school-desegregation-9781665905145","title":"A Most Tolerant Little Town: The Explosive Beginning of School Desegregation","description":"\u003cb\u003e* A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Nonfiction Book to Read This Summer * An \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal \u003c\/i\u003eConstitution Southern Book to Read this Summer * A \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Book of 2023 * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn intimate portrait of a small town living through tumultuous times, this propulsive piece of forgotten civil rights history--about the first school to attempt court-ordered desegregation in the wake of \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board\u003c\/i\u003e--will forever change how you think of the end of racial segregation in America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn graduate school, Rachel Martin volunteered with a Southern oral history project. One day, she was sent to a small town in Tennessee, in the foothills of the Appalachians, where locals wanted to build a museum to commemorate the events of September 1956, when Clinton High School became the first school in the former Confederacy to undergo court-mandated desegregation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut not everyone wanted to talk. As one founder of the Tennessee White Youth told her, \"Honey, there was a lot of ugliness down at the school that year; best we just move on and forget it.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor years, Martin wondered what it was some white residents of Clinton didn't want remembered. So she went back, eventually interviewing over sixty townsfolk--including nearly a dozen of the first students to desegregate Clinton High--to piece together what happened back in 1956: the death threats and beatings, picket lines and cross burnings, neighbors turned on neighbors and preachers for the first time at a loss for words. The national guard rushed to town, along with national journalists like Edward Morrow and even evangelist Billy Graham. But that wasn't the most explosive secret Martin learned.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Most Tolerant Little Town\u003c\/i\u003e, Rachel Martin weaves together over a dozen perspectives in a kaleidoscopic portrait of a small town living through a tumultuous turning point for America. The result is a spellbinding mystery, a riveting piece of forgotten civil rights history, and a poignant reminder of the toll on those who stand on the frontlines of social change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou may never before have heard of Clinton, Tennessee--but you won't be forgetting the town anytime soon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Louise Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781665905145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2023 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023 pg. 8","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40973297811571,"sku":"9.78167E+12","price":33.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_315b8452-e70a-464d-bff3-dc9944ff3942.jpg?v=1695824078","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-most-tolerant-little-town-the-explosive-beginning-of-school-desegregation-9781665905145","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}