Background

Background Information

Letter from Knox County Schools school superintendent to County Mayor informing him that Gibbs Middle School not a school board priority.  April 18, 2015

History of Knoxville School Desegregation 

Schools impacted by 1991 desegregation plan.  Shopper News  January 19, 2016

Former superintendent tells story of Knoxville's desegregation.  Knoxville News Sentinel, Feb. 9 2012

School Desegregation in Tennessee:  12 Districts Released from Desegregation Orders,  17 Districts Remain Under Court Jurisdiction.  TN Advisory Committee to the US Office of Civil Rights.  2008.