Jo Ann Allen Boyce, who wrote a book about her experience integrating Clinton High School, has died

Obit Jo Ann Allen Boyce - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Jo Ann Allen Boyce, who as part of the “Clinton 12” helped integrate one of the first public schools in the South, died on Wednesday at her Los Angeles home. She was 84.

Her death was confirmed by her daughter, Kamlyn Young, who said her mother died from pancreatic cancer after living with it for a decade.