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Grassroots social activism records of the Highlander Folk School and Highlander Research and Education Center, 1932-1978.

Title: Grassroots social activism records of the Highlander Folk School and Highlander Research and Education Center, 1932-1978.
Publication: Woodbridge, CT : Primary Source, 2007.
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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	reel 50	Text	Use in library	MICROFILM 12479 reel 50	Off-site
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Additional Authors

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Description

50 microfilm reels; 35 mm

Summary

The collection documents the struggle for justice through political and social activism. The records of the Highlander Folk School, document its labor, civil rights and Appalachian proverty programs and workshops and the harrassment by government agencies. The files include correspondence, minutes, annual reports, workshop materials, legal papers, play scripts, song books, clippings, speeches, writings, publications, and transcripts of tape recordings. Protest songs, labor songs, and African American religious songs were a large part of this movement. Radio programs, and recorded songs included the voices of the leaders from the civil rights movement, including Esau Jenkins, Septima Clark, Rosa Parks.

Alternative Title

Records of the Highlander Folk School and Highlander Research and Education Center, 1932-1978
Highlander Folk School

Subject

Genre/Form

History.
Songs and music.
Sources.

Note

Myles Horton founded the Highlander Folk School in 1932 as an adult education institution based on the principle of empowerment. Horton and other School members worked towards mobilizing labor unions in the 1930s and Citizenship Schools during the civil rights movement beginning in the late 1950s. They worked with Martin Luther King, Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Guy and Candie Carawan, Septima Clark, and Rosa Parks, among others. In 1959, the School was investigated for Communist activities and confiscation by the state of Tennessee. Soon after, its buildings mysteriously burned to the ground. The Highlander Folk School was re-chartered in 1971 as the Highlander Research and Education Center near Knoxville, Tenn.

OCLC

ocn190929301
190929301
SCSB-1576272

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library