It was the first day of registration for the public schools of Nashville, Tenn., and the city (pop. 185,000) had 90 policemen on special alert to quell any trouble that might break out. At some schools, it seemed at times as if the cops might be needed. Groups of white adults and teenagers wearing "Keep Our White Schools White" buttons passed out racist handbills, and a few people noisily heckled grey-haired School Superintendent William Bass as he toured possible trouble spots ("Why do you let niggers come to our white schools?") But beyond...
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