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Highlander Neighbors

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Description: A man and two boys standing near a shack with large cauldron in front, looking in different directions. They are neighbors of Highlander Folk School.
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Septima Clark at Highlander

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Description: Septima Clark with an unidentified companion at a table, outside at Highlander Folk School.
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Everybody Out For Recreation

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Description: A group of students taking a break to play softball at Highlander Folk School.
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Group in front of Highlander Main Building

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Description: An unidentified group of people standing outside the main Highlander building. Esau Jenkins, fifth from left.
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Two People Outside of Highlander Library

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Description: A man is reading a book on a bench, while a woman is standing in front of the entrance to the Highlander Library. A small group of people can be seen insid...
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Dr. Arkapece Stevens

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Description: Highlander board member Arkapece Stevens drinking a Coke.
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Myles Horton and Grace Hamilton

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Description: Myles Horton and Grace Towns Hamilton during an Urban League meeting at Highlander Folk School.
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Myles Horton, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Jim Stokely

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Description: Myles Horton, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Jim Stokely, a writer from Newport, Tennessee. Highlander integration workshop.
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Mac Amos Lecturing at Highlander

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Description: J.C. McAmis (Mac) lecturing on organic food advocacy at Highlander. Poster in back reads, "Save Freedom of Speech". Myles Horton on left.
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Singing Around a Campfire

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Description: A group of girls and boys singing near a campfire, possibly part of Highlander Children's Camp.
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Ford Automobile Union Meeting

Date: 1944
Description: Group portrait of Ford automobile workers union, Local 903 delegation, at a Highlander Folk School workshop.
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May Justus with Charis and Thorsten Horton

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Description: May Justus reading to Charis and Thorsten Horton, children of Myles and Zilphia Horton, at Highlander Folk School.
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Highlander Folk School Main Building

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Description: Picture from the beginning of Highlander Folk School, in front of main office before addition was added. From left to right: Delmus Horton (brother of Myl...
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Children of the Wilder Strikers at Highlander

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Description: Early photograph from Highlander Folk School. Children of the Wilder Strikers. J.D. Marlowe, fifth from right.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaking at Highlander

Date: 08 1957
Description: Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at Highlander's 25th Anniversary, August-September, inside Highlander Library.
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Peter Seeger Playing at Highlander

Date: 1957
Description: Pete Seeger playing the 5-string banjo at the 25th Anniversary of Highlander Folk School in the Library building.
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25th Anniversary of Highlander

Date: 09 02 1957
Description: 25th Anniversary event in the Highlander Folk School Library. Pictured are Rosa Parks, Myles Horton, Aubrey Williams, and Martin Luther King, Jr. among ot...
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Community Leadership Workshop

Date: 08 1955
Description: A community leadership workshop session, August-September, at Highlander Folk School. Elizabeth Brinkman, Germany, in background in a flower dress; obscure...
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Indian Mark on Rock at Highlander

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Description: An American Indian marking on a rock at Highlander Folk School.
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Myles Horton with Thorsten Horton

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Description: Myles Horton with his son, Thorsten Horton, in a pile of leaves at Highlander Folk School.

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