The Secret in Scarboro: The Oak Ridge 85 Documentary

One year before the Clinton 12, two years before the Little Rock Nine and five years before Ruby Bridges, there was the Oak Ridge 85.
On Sept. 6, 1955, 85 Black students from the historic Scarboro community integrated Oak Ridge High School and Robertsville Junior High.
It was a controversial idea, envisioned at least a year before the Supreme Court settled Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954, and it originated right here in East Tennessee's Secret City. For more: bit.ly/2IUdI7C
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00:00 Introducing the Oak Ridge 85
00:11 The Scarboro Community
03:30 The Integration Decision
06:58 The First Day of School
11:18 The 85's Words
14:55 The 65-Year-Old Secret
17:53 The Future of the 85's Story

[@bernicefoulks1380]

Thank you, this was one of the best History lesson I have ever learned. Scarboro Community pulled together and had a school that everyone was proud off.

[@benjaminstephens4153]

Thank you WBIR. Great local history. Inquiring minds need to know. Bravo...well done.

[@constantlearner3213]

Interesting and important local history, thanks, @wbir Channel 10

[@defangel164]

I blame their parents