Hattie Cotton Elementary School bombing
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The Hattie Cotton Elementary School bombing on September 10, 1957 was a destructive bombing by pro-segregationists of an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee shortly after it admitted its first African American student in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement. The school is now known as Hattie Cotton STEM Magnet Elementary School, and focuses on science, technology, engineering and math for students in grades kindergarten through five.
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Greenwood Avenue, Nashville-Davidson
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N 36.1916 ° | E -86.7477 ° |
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Greenwood Avenue
37206 Nashville-Davidson
Tennessee, United States
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