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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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Those who oppose us are fighting just as hard - thcy use differ- ent metheds, however; they call themselves patriotic; they are the ones trying to keep Democracy alive, they say. But the working class realizes that under the guise cf thcse fliowery phrases, democracy is being destroyed. Iam indeed grateful te Claude Williams, tec my brother, te my unicn, to the Highlander Folk School, and the countless number ef pecple who have contributed to my education and experience." CLAL DE TLLTALS, through the Institute of Applied Religicn, is active in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. My Transition JenniexSpenc er Jomic Spencer, Recording Secretary, Toxtile Workers Unicn, ogad # al, Roan okey Virginia. This article concerns Miss Spencers! cork with the Y. W. C. A. and her cxperience with the American Viscose cm. Cerporatjon, hoanck., Virginia. Miss Speneer menticned mecting ead RUSSE ABCOCK in 1936 in connecticn with her work at the Y. W. C. A. we! and the following is qucted from her article concerning RUSSELL BABCOCK: a "Now the war mongers cf this coumtry are having their way and oN have célled Russell Bebeock to the army. Wuere will they send him? . 4 Yhat wlll he have to do? .. . I doen't think he would think ei the thine to do is to go across wete id Hew do cur churches reason with sending men inte a battl. field tc be butchered, killed; or te ask themseclvcs the question, "Ts God on mr side"? Russell had taught English in Russia three a years. Ho said thet my home was equivalent to the best home in 4 Russia. They called cn him qnite frequently tc teach Sunday School in Russia anil he did provided they would cllcw him to teach his style." the weters and kill homar cines wilt a Weed dish & ey The Farmer is th: Men Joeliatthews 4 Joel Matthews, Cannery Worker and Printer, Mcansvilie, Georgia. ot This article eccncerns a publication of a menthly entitled "The Ccuntry Parson" ‘. bry a Congregational ministcr and Joel Matthews which was dedicated to the principle sf frezdcn and justice, with the fcllowing platforms "] - Government cf the people, by the pecpie and fir the people. 2 - Complete separation of church and state. 3 - Freedom cf con- scionec, press, specch and assemblage. 4 = Eccnomic, political, and ~24,-
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