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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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I'm Fighting, Tgo Gatha Kae Lee Gatha Mae“Lec, Screen Office Employees Guild, Hollywood, California. In this article, Miss lee went to considerable length in describine theeffect that Claudg@ 1 Lians had cn her when he came to Paris, Arkansas, as minister in the Presbyterian Church there in the latter part of thé "20's". This is what Gatha Mae Lee hail to say TH 433 fawn ae Law TEL about Ciaude Vebidtlalio elt, lel ouit "TJ doubt that in very few instances has a single man, directly or indirectly, influenced as many people as he dic while there and cther places. Their ideals, opinions and plans for actions were shifted to a new channel of thought - an2 have traveled in that ceneral direction ever since. I could not begin te estimate the number cf thes e people, even in my own home towm, but I can certainly sey that each cf the ee ee ee. ee ee ee ee rer) lean arene = Faw + nas contributed, in varying degrecs, so0netrhing Weld “ay defir nite the cause of warkinz pecple on this earth, “~ wv ts what set Claude Williams apart from most cthcrs in his walk cf life can be explained very simply. He realized that youn people are ani have been for a leng time, mere ecneernec with ecenonic security, peace anc scecial justice than they are with religicn. Thezr have faith in it, cnly as it can be applicd to their preetical problems. Fer the most part, they cithner don't cam tan t+ anitan thant ¢hoer Aan te Pran woatired ne thine g fo. t . m +hince ore Cees wd Nea ED u r Ga412C ei heh dhe SY asa vu vo the Ch hg i wba ptiwdly Wade $2 eaten = hall rust ve feecd if they are to survive and enjsy any heprpinets. Claude Tilliars mat only epplied religion tc their lives, but he werked with them as a Lrether. <dAny minister eon clibly prvacth bectherhceod, tut the nes whe wractice it are a little wacre diffleult to find + just - intitle Twas net cli encugh at the time Cliude wis in Psris ie 3 4 moe ae san A es AS Wade Uy salt, 2 6 n { have mec 6 in ispara tiss 1, OLD Doere was aunty Lit ope orend wy a Sher Eowrpfee, tu snare with me a year cr su new scclally conscious, starter readinz, and doping wizarce that if Claude VWillians had not ceme ta to understanc vwtac he was trying tc dc, cr to directly profit from ha ”™ L Paris, Iweuld Lave buen anything more than the depressed wife of a iz conl miner. Ioex therefore particularly cratcful to Claude “Williams, fer in this case tT know cf ne (ther perscn vho could cr would have ‘lit a fire vhier us.' CédrigeBelfrage has written a book entitled 'Sovth cL Goc', whien telis more about this man and his work thrcugh- cut the South. -22-
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