She was one of the Clinton 12, Black students who broke a race barrier by entering a Tennessee high school in 1956 in the face of harassment by white segregationists. By Adam Nossiter Adam Nossiter is ...

The civil rights trailblazer was one of 12 Black students who attended the first integrated public high school in Clinton, Tenn. Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Cameron Boyce’s grandmother and activist Jo Ann Allen Boyce has died at age 84 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Jo Ann was surrounded by her family at her home in California when she died on ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jo Ann Boyce, a member of the Clinton 12, has died at 84. The civil rights pioneer faced violent KKK mobs and ...

CLINTON, Tenn. (WATE) — Jo Ann Crozier Allen Boyce, a member of the Clinton 12 who desegregated the first public high school in the South, has died at the age of 84, the Green McAdoo Cultural Center ...

Jo Ann Allen Boyce, who helped integrate one of the first public schools in the South, has died at 84 NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Jo Ann Allen Boyce, who as part of the “Clinton 12” helped integrate one of ...

Jo Ann Copas Bryant, age 93, of Jefferson City, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2025, at The Arbors at Westbrook Terrace surrounded by the love and memories of her family. Jo Ann was born ...

Jo Ann Pellegrini, 80, of Boonsboro, MD, passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2025. Born June 15, 1945, in Hagerstown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Robert Ramsey Voorhees and Vivian Lorraine ...

Rhonda Jo Johnson-Denholtz, 65, of Fort Myers, Florida, passed away on November 7, 2025. Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Rhonda was the beloved daughter of Joe and Lucy Johnson. She earned both her B.A.

Jo-Ann Olsen, born on Feb. 4, 1943, has been reunited with her late beloved husband, Ben. They were high school sweethearts at Elba Central School and shared 47 years of blissful marriage. Ben and ...

Carlie Jo Johnson, a San Angelo Central High School graduate, has died at age 19 after her battle with cancer. The service is being held at 3 p.m. Monday at Paul Ann Baptist Church, 2531 Smith ...