Editing Shelbyville, Tennessee (section)

===K-12 education===
[[Bedford County School District]] operates primary and secondary schools. [[Shelbyville Central High School]] is the local public high school.

After the [[Slavery in the United States#End of slavery|end of non-penal slavery in the United States]] the [[AME Church]] opened a school for African-American children. The public school system graduated its first black class in 1890. The schools for African-American children operated by the district were East Bedford School and [[Bedford County Training School for Negroes]] (a.k.a. John McAdams High School and also Harris High School for Negroes). Schools racially integrated after 1964.<ref name=Lovettp77>Lovett, Bobby L. ''The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee: A Narrative History''. [[Univ. of Tennessee Press]], 2005. {{ISBN|1572334436}}, 9781572334434. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=CvOmLHUjaXkC&pg=PA77 77].</ref>