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Highlander Folk School, circa 1940
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Title
Highlander
Folk
School
,
circa
1940
Personal name
Horton
,
Myles
,
1905-
Corporate name
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)--History
Topical entry
Civil Rights
African Americans
Race Relations
Education
Adult education--Tennessee--History
Working class--Education--Tennessee--History
Dissenters
Freedom of speech--Tennessee
Liberty
Activists--American--Tennessee--Monteagle
Civil rights movements--Tennessee
Civil rights workers--Tennessee
Nonviolence--Study and teaching--Tennessee--Monteagle
Geographic entry
Monteagle (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Monteagle (Tenn.)--Social conditions
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources
Description
Pamphlet
of the
history
of the
Highlander
Folk
School
,
Monteagle
,
Tennessee
. The
pamphlet
tells
of
Highlander's
origins
,
history
,
programs
,
administration
, and
support
. In
1932
,
Myles
Horton
, a
native
Tennessean
educated
at
Cumberland
University
and the
University
of
Chicago
,
returned
to
Tennessee
to
help
provide
Southern
workers
with an
opportunity
for an
education
fitted
to their
practical
needs
. The
Highlander
Folk
School
was
founded
"to
provide
an
educational
center
in the
South
for the
training
of
rural
and
industrial
leaders
, and for the
conservation
and
enrichment
of the
indigenous
cultural
values
of the
mountain.
"
Forms
part
of the
Civil
Rights
Ephemera
Collection
.
1
pamphlet
:
col.
;
5.5
in
x
8.5
in.
Creator
Highlander
Folk
School
(Monteagle
,
Tenn.)
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Date
ca.1940
Type
Text
;
Pamphlets
Format
image/tiff
Identifier
CRE-TN-Highlander Folk Sch
Relation
Civil
Rights
Ephemera
Collection
Coverage
1940-1949
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-CRE-TN-Highlander Folk Sch
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