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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	Closed Stacks-BN 1957-2362-n4