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Photograph of workshop participants at Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee, 1957 August 31
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Photograph of workshop participants at Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee, 1957 August 31
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Title
Photograph
of
workshop
participants
at
Highlander
Folk
School
,
Monteagle
,
Tennessee
,
1957
August
31
Personal name
Helstein
,
Ralph
;
Horton
,
Myles
,
1905-
;
Parks
,
Rosa
,
1913-2005
;
Clark
,
Septima
Poinsette
1898-1987
;
Gomillion
,
Charles
G
.
(Charles
Goode)
,
1900-
;
Robinson
,
Bernice
,
1914-1994
Corporate name
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
Topical entry
Civil Rights
African Americans
Race Relations
Women
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Grundy County
Labor movement--Tennessee
Nonviolence--Study and teaching--Tennessee--Monteagle
Civil rights workers--Tennessee
African Americans--Tennessee--History--Sources
Meetings--Tennessee--Monteagle
Anniversaries--Tennessee--Monteagle
Activists--Tennessee--Monteagle
Geographic entry
Monteagle (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources
Grundy County (Tenn.)--Race relations
Description
A
photograph
of
workshop
leaders
and
participants
at the
25th
Anniversary
Session
and
meeting
of
Highlander
Folk
School
,
Monteagle
,
Tennessee
on
August
31
,
1957
.
Myles
Horton
and
Don
West
founded
Highlander
Folk
School
in
Grundy
County
,
Tennessee
,
1932
.
Highlander
became
a
center
for
biracial
meetings
and
workshops
,
where
some
of the
most
important
figures
of
social
movements
studied
.
Pictured
from
left
to
right
:
Ralph
Helstein
,
Myles
Horton
,
Rosa
Parks
,
unidentified
man
,
Septima
Poinsette
Clark
,
unidentified
man
,
unidentified
man
,
Charles
Gomillion
, and
Bernice
Robinson
.
Forms
part
of the
Nashville
Banner
Archives
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
3.25
x
4.25
in.
Creator
Malone
,
John
(Photographer)
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Date
1957-08-31
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
;
Photographs
Format
image/tiff
Identifier
BN 1957-2362-n4
Relation
Nashville
Banner
Archives
Coverage
1950-1959
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5782
.
Location
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