In the final part of the story about Jack Kershaw, we'll talk about his legal career. Before he represented MLK's assassin, before he sculpted a gigantic racist statue out of old bathtubs, he got a law degree from a part time night school program at the YMCA so he could do his part to stop integration.

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In the final part of the story about Jack Kershaw, we'll talk about his legal career. Before he represented MLK's assassin, before he sculpted a gigantic racist statue out of old bathtubs, he got a law degree from a part time night school program at the YMCA so he could do his part to stop integration. Sources: Phillips, Betsy. Dynamite Nashville: the FBI, the KKK, and the bombers beyond their control. Third Man Books 2021. Houston, Benjamin, et al. &ldquo;&lsquo;We Kept the Discussion at an Adult Level&rsquo;: Jack Kershaw and the Tennessee Federation for Constitutional Government.&rdquo; Southern Cultures, vol. 20, no. 4, 2014, pp. 72&ndash;88. JSTOR, <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/26217566">http://www.jstor.org/stable/26217566</a>
Graham, Hugh Davis. &ldquo;Desegregation in Nashville: The Dynamics of Compliance.&rdquo; Tennessee Historical Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 2, 1966, pp. 135&ndash;54. JSTOR, <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/42622869">http://www.jstor.org/stable/42622869</a>
McMillen, Neil R. &ldquo;Organized Resistance to School Desegregation In Tennessee.&rdquo; Tennessee Historical Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3, 1971, pp. 315&ndash;28. JSTOR,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/42623247">http://www.jstor.org/stable/42623247</a>
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Egerton, Joel. Walking into History: The Beginning of School Desegregation in Nashville <a href="https://southernspaces.org/2009/walking-history-beginning-school-desegregation-nashville/">https://southernspaces.org/2009/walking-history-beginning-school-desegregation-nashville/</a>
<a href="https://www.ahcuah.com/lawsuit/federal/melton.htm">https://www.ahcuah.com/lawsuit/federal/melton.htm</a>
<a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/328/88/1428295/">https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/328/88/1428295/</a> <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/klanbly-friendly-tennessee-state-becomes-hate-tourist-mecca/"></a>
<a href="https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/klanbly-friendly-tennessee-state-becomes-hate-tourist-mecca/">https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/klanbly-friendly-tennessee-state-becomes-hate-tourist-mecca/</a>
<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/42777957/james-n-mason/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/42777957/james-n-mason/</a>
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