Research Catalog

Title

You got to move [videorecording] / Lucy Massie Phenix for the Cumberland Educational Cooperative.

Publication

New York : First Run/Icarus with the MacArthur Foundation, 1985.

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Details

Additional Authors

Phenix, Lucy Massie.

Description

1 videocassette (87 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Archival footage, photographs, newspaper headlines, and interviews are blended to present a portrait of the Highlander Folk Center and its role in helping people bring about social change in the South. Opened in 1932, the Highlander Center, founded by Myles Horton, has withstood numerous attacks including charges of communism. Six people who attended workshops at the Center reveal how the experience helped them benefit their communities. Black beautician Bernice Robinson became a teacher in a literacy program to enable Blacks to read and write to pass voter registration requirements. Bill Saunders helped create a hospital workers' organization in Charleston. Rosa Parks, an important figure in the civil rights movement, gained confidence at Highlander. More recently, Highlander played an important role in helping Rebecca Simpson and her community fight strip-mining in Kentucky. Gail Story and Mary Lee Rogers of East Tennessee attended seminars at Highlander in order to battle the dumping of hazardous waste. The film concludes with festivities celebrating the Highlander Center's 50th anniversary.

Subjects

• Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
• Civil rights > United States
• Ecology
• Education
• Community organization

Credits (note)

• Producer, director, Lucy Massie Phenix.

Title

You got to move [videorecording] / Lucy Massie Phenix for the Cumberland Educational Cooperative.

Imprint

New York : First Run/Icarus with the MacArthur Foundation, 1985.

Credits

Producer, director, Lucy Massie Phenix.

Added Author

Phenix, Lucy Massie.

Branch Call Number

VTH 1296 Y