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CIO Students Reading

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Description: Two CIO students reading books outside at Highlander Folk School. One book is titled, "The CIO and World Affairs".
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CIO Kitchen Duty

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Description: CIO students doing kitchen duty at Highlander Folk School. Myles Horton helping.
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Zilphia Horton at CIO School

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Description: Two men walking to a car at the CIO School out in back of Highlander Folk School. Zilphia Horton walks on the right behind them.
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Union Center Inc., CIO

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Description: People walking up the steps under a large neon sign in front of a snowy Union Center Inc., CIO building.
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Hosiery Workers

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Description: A group of hosiery workers sitting on a bench, smoking cigarettes, and drinking coffee.
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Farmers Union Meeting

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Description: A Farmers Union discussion at Highlander Folk School. Jim Patton appears fourth from left.
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Angel with Gavel

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Description: Illustration of a male angel figure, wearing eyeglasses and carrying a gavel. Part of a poster made for the Highlander Folk School.
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Four Boys Singing

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Description: A quartet of boys singing together.
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Children in a Tent

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Description: Young girl with children in tent.
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Ingram Children in Georgia

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Description: A Black Family (Ingram children) in Georgia in the 1930s or 1940s.
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Three Children Singing

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Description: Three children sitting on a porch singing together and playing pattycake.
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Highlander High School Students

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Description: Portrait of six unidentified high school students, with their teacher, at Highlander Folk School.
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Farmers Union Member Plowing

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Description: A youthful member of the Farmers Union, working a manual plow.
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Young Man in Custody

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Description: Unidentified image of a young man in a suit and tie being escorted by a police officer into a court room.
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Boy Holding Chicken

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Description: A young boy holding a chicken near a river.
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Dentistry at Highlander

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Description: A boy receiving dental work at the Highlander Folk School. A group of children look on from over a counter.
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Mother and Child at Children's Camp

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Description: Children's camp at Highlander Folk School. A mother helps a baby put his shoe on.
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Milking a Cow at Children's Camp

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Description: Barbara King, 5-years-old, milking a cow and feeding a cat at the Highlander Folk School Children's Camp.
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Child Milking Cow

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Description: A child from the East Tennessee Farmers Union milking a cow covered with flies.
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Girl Wringing Out Shorts

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Description: A young girl helps her mother with laundry by wringing out a pair of shorts next to a wash basin.

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