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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