"We ask that you pause and reflect on the evil of hatred and intolerance," reads the plaque on an old railcar in Whitwell, Tenn. The cattle car, one of many used to transport European Jews to the Nazi ...
The Paper Clips Project emerged in Whitwell, Tennessee to engage rural Tennessee students in Holocaust education. Meanwhile, in nearby McMinn County, the school board has taken a key source from eight ...
BLOUNTVILLE – A simple class project at a Tennessee middle school grew into an extraordinary international landmark thanks in no small part to the inspiration of school’s principal. Northeast State ...
With no Jews, no Catholics, one Hispanic and five African-Americans, the Protestant town of Whitwell, Tenn. (pop: 1,600) isn’t exactly renowned for its diversity. In fact, as a Southern enclave ...
No-one, least of all their teachers, could have predicted what would happen when the children of Whitwell Middle School, Tennessee, embarked on a project about the Holocaust. Their little town was ...