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A Meeting at Highlander

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A meeting at Highlander Folk School. Guy Carawan is holding a banjo on far left. Septima Clark is standing third from the left. Matt Sturgis, holding an accordion, is standing on the extreme right.

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Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 26 x 21 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Highlander Research and Education Center records, 1917-2017
Call Number PH 4260.430

Copyright Information

Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W012PNC
Legacy ID
WHi 51074

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Guy Carawan

Guy Carawan

Signed photograph of Guy Carawan, a folk musician, playing an open-backed 5-string banjo. Presented to Highlander Folk School. Inscription reads, "Wishing everyone at Highlander a happy summer. I r...

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Civil Rights Meeting with Thurgood Marshall

Civil Rights Meeting with Thurgood Marshall

Eleven people, including Thurgood Marshall, Anne Braden, Myles Horton, and Septima Clark, are sitting and standing during a Civil Rights meeting at Highlander School. Guy Carawan is holding a guitar.

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Septima Clark at Highlander

Septima Clark at Highlander

Septima Clark with an unidentified companion at a table, outside at Highlander Folk School.

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Highlander School Group Portrait

Highlander School Group Portrait

Group portrait of staff from Highlander School, including Andrew Young (far left), Septima Clark (4th from left), Aimee Horton, Bernice Robinson, and Guy Carawan (with guitar), Dorothy Cotton (fron...

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Playing Banjo at a Bar-B-Que

Playing Banjo at a Bar-B-Que

Night bar-b-que at Highlander Folk School, featuring a banjo player, Malcolm (Mike?) Ross, frailing on an open-back five-string banjo.

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Early CIO Session at Highlander

Early CIO Session at Highlander

Zilphia Horton leading songs at Highlander during an early union CIO session. Charlie Wilson, board member, extreme right, next to him is his wife Frankie. Both were students at Highlander in early...

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