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Highlander Folk School — Part 3

69 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 69 pages OCR'd
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Contributors are unions, religious groups, student bodies, educational foundations, and over nine hundred liberal men and women througheut the country. Scholarships are maintained by several international unions; and by individual contributors, including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. The school work would be impcssible without the moral and financial support cf prcgressive citizens. They believe with the School that if demccracy is to survive the onslaughts of the anti-democratic forces spreading in the world tcday, the great majority of cur people must learn how to exercise their rights most capably and wisely through the demceratic process, EMDORSENENTS. The School is proud cf the roster of illustri-+ ous leaders, both National and Scuthern, who endorse its work. Amongst the prominent representatives of organized labor — Dr. George sX counts; President, American Federation of Teachers, A. F. of Le "J have every confidence in the Highlandcr Fclk School as an institution thoroughly devcted tc the interests of working pecple and the cause cf American Democracy." John wis: President, United Mine Workers of America, s C.1.0.4 ne "I think that the Schecl is performing a noteworthy Saar task in the field of liberal and useful education, and oe that real recognition is due fcr the genercus and effective support which it gives tc the struggle of labor in the South." Amengst the weli-known cducators —- we Dr. JchrpDewey: "When the Highlander Fclk School wes founded, I wrote ae that I regarded it as one cf the most impcrtant sccial-educational ttn projects in America, The achievements cf the Schcol in the “ past cight years confirm my criginal judgment." i * Dr. Willian SyKnickerbocker, Professor at the University of ; the South, and editor of the SEWANEE REVIEWS: "... the Highlander Folk Schocl is rendering an important and indispensable scrvice in its nursery school, its relief ~l0=
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