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Alabama Ore Workers

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Description: Two ore workers. A pin that reads, "Mine-Mill-CIO" is affixed to the hardhat of the left man.
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Jim Patton at Alabama Farmers Union Convention

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Description: Jim Patton (center) at Alabama Farmers Union Convention.
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Old Men Reclining in Chairs

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Description: Old men reclining in classroom style chairs.
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Family Reading the "Union Farmer"

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Description: A family reading the newspaper "Union Farmer" together.
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Myles and Zilphia Horton Square Dancing

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Description: Myles and Zilphia Horton Square Dancing at Highlander Folk School with two other people.
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Greeting CIO Student

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Description: Zilphia Horton greeting a male CIO student on a rainy day at Highlander Folk School.
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Discussion Groups on Highlander Lawn

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Description: Informal discussion groups out on the lawn of Highlander. Myles Horton smiling in lower right.
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Small Group Meeting at Highlander

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Description: A small group meeting at Highlander. From left to right: J.C. McAmis, TVA; Myles Horton, Tennessee Farmers Union; Mr. H.N. Hatley, Tennessee Farmers Union...
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Automobile Workers at Highlander

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Description: Automobile workers standing with Myles Horton (second from right), at Highlander Folk School.
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Highlander Visitors

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Description: Myles Horton conversing with visitors to Highlander Folk School.
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Charis Horton Using Saw

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Description: Charis Horton, daughter of Zilphia and Myles Horton, using a large saw to cut wood at Highlander Folk School.
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Thorsten Horton Using a Saw

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Description: Thorsten Horton, son of Myles and Zilpha Horton, using a saw to cut wood at Highlander Folk School.
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Zilphia and Thorsten Horton

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Description: Zilphia Horton, with her son, Thorsten, sitting in her lap. A Christmas tree, covered with tinsel, can be seen in the background.
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Thorsten Horton and Myles Horton Reading Newspaper

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Description: Myles Horton, cofounder of Highlander Folk School, smoking a pipe and reading the Nashville Banner newspaper, posing with his son, Thorsten.
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CIO School Banquet

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Description: Members of the CIO School at a banquet. Fifth from left, Bill Kornhauser, Antioch student, later professor of sociology. Zilphia Horton, extreme left foreg...
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Rosa Parks at Segregation Workshop

Date: 07 24 1955
Description: Dr. C.H. Paris, Fred Patterson, and Mrs. Rosa Parks attending a Segregation Workshop at Highlander Folk School.
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Zilphia and Thorsten Horton

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Description: Zilphia Horton with son, Thorsten, sitting on the bench of a carriage.
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Myles and Thorsten Horton

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Description: Myles Horton with son, Thorsten, sitting on the bench of a carriage.
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Union Ore Miner

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Description: An African American ore miner, holding a large tool and smoking a cigarette. A pin that reads, "Mine-Mill-CIO" is attached to his hardhat.
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Thorsten Horton in the Woods

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Description: Thorsten Horton, son of Myles and Zilphia Horton, in a wooded area, with cousin Shelby Arden Flint.

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