On August 27, 1956, twelve young people in Clinton, Tennessee walked into history and changed the world. They were the first students to desegregate a state-supported high school in the south. Clinton High School holds the honor of having the first Black to graduate from a public high school in the South. It was a great victory for the Civil Rights Movement.  The events of that school year and the years that followed are to be commemorated on the 5oth anniversary with the opening of the Green McAdoo Cultural Center on August 26, 2006.
 
We welcome your inquiries and your support. We invite you to walk with The Clinton 12 and change the world.

Clinton 12 Honored at CHS Football Game Oct. 21 Green McAdoo Cultural Center and the Clinton 12 receives 2010 NEA Rosa Parks Human & Civil Rights Award Click here for Youtube video about the Clinton 12 Click here for Youtube award acceptance video   Gala on the Hill May 22, 2010 Click here for information on the event GMCC and the Clinton 12 Win NEA's 2010 Rosa Parks Memorial Award Download pdf We're going to have a specialty license plate. We're in the news! National Park Service considers us for a National Historic Center

 

Green McAdoo Cultural Center 101 School Street P.O. Box 1214
Clinton TN 37717-1214 865-463-6500