The Oak Ridge community celebrated the 68th anniversary of the historic integration of local schools by the Scarboro 85 on Wednesday. On Sept. 6th, 1955, 85 black students from the Scarboro neighborhood started school at Oak Ridge High School and Robertsville Junior High School. These students were the first to integrate schools in the Southeast.
The Scarboro 85 may soon be added to Tennessee's education curriculum according to an Oak Ridge historian who is on the state Standards Review Committee.