The Last Juror
“No more stalling, no more lawsuits, no more promises. Instant integration, and Clanton was as shocked as every other town in the South.Harry Rex brought me the Court’s opinion and tried to explain its intricacies. It wasn’t that complicated. Every school district had to immediately implement a desegregation plan.“This’ll sell some newspapers,” he predicted, unlit cigar crammed in his mouth.All sorts of meetings were instantly arranged around town, and I covered them all. On a sweltering night in mid-July, a public gathering took place in the gym of the high school. The stands were packed, the floor covered with concerned parents. Mr. Walter Sullivan, the Times’s lawyer, also served as the attorney for the school board. He did most of the talking because he wasn’t elected in any way. The politicians preferred to hide behind him. He was blunt and said that in six weeks the Ford County school system would open and be fully desegregated.A smaller meeting was held at the black school on Bu...rley Street.MoreLess
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