Student Movement. Nashville Police Chief Douglass E. Hosse said that the incident, "has gone beyond a matter of integration. These people [segregationists] have ignored the laws and they have shown no regard for you [whites] or any citizen." Rev. Kelly Miller Smith and Rev. Will Campbell held a community meeting that showed, "the bombing had touched off all the stored-up rage in the black community. Speaker after speaker got up and denounced the bombing and demanded some kind of reprisal. There was talk of guns and retaliation. For most of the evening, Smith let the meeting go on without challenging the speakers. It was as if he knew that he had to let the rage vent itself." Smith eventually spoke: "We can go forward as planned and try to show them the right way." Hattie Cotton reopened nine days later without the 6-year-old girl, whose mother transferred her to the all-black Head Elementary School in North Nashville. Despite several weeks of investigation, a $7,000 (equivalent to $ in ) cash reward for information, and the detaining of at least six suspects, no one was ever charged in the school bombing. Nationally known segregationist John Kasper was questioned but never charged. He was described by police as playing a role in securing a cache of dynamite two days before the bombing at Hattie Cotton. Kasper was later convicted, in November 1958, for inciting a riot on the first day of school in Nashville. At a rally, Kasper predicted "blood will run in the streets of Nashville before Negro children go to school with white." The school today Out of the first six Nashville schools to integrate — Bailey, Buena Vista, Fehr, Glenn, Hattie Cotton, and Jones — most remain open today. Hattie Cotton STEM Magnet Elementary School emphasizes science, technology, engineering and math education. The school partners with Vanderbilt University for science instruction and project-based learning. References 1957 in Tennessee Explosions in 1957 September 1957 events in the United States School bombings in the United States School segregation in the United States History of Nashville, Tennessee African-American history of Tennessee Schools in Nashville, Tennessee Magnet schools in Tennessee Crimes in Tennessee