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Nashville Desegregation Tensions Rise After Blast
Nashville police report Kasper arrested on inflammatory segregation rally statements at the State Capitol. his bodyguard Alkons also charged. Bonds set and posted. further arrests possible if inflammatory remarks recur. Demonstrations near newly racially mixed schools face police action as federal authorities weigh possible steps. The Hattie Cotton blast follows the day of violence amid desegregation, with several arrests for weapons and dynamiting connections and a partial turnout at Fehr and Wear schools. Mayor West returns to lead the investigation into the Hattie Cotton incident.
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Hattie Cotton School
Bhorating
Kasper
Capitol Square
Lange
Federal
Robert. Taylor
Knoxville
Clifton
U. S
Fred Elledge Jr
FBI
U.S
William E. Miller
Nashville
Venson Albert Crimmons
James, R. Harris
J. B. Blackswell
Carroll Crimmons
Venson
W. D. Hodge
Hattie Cotton
East Nashville
Wear School
Pas
Megrere
FEHT
Fehr
Echo Nashville
Ben West
Hartfjord
Conn
Hattia Cotton