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Highlander Folk School — Part 5

34 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 34 pages OCR'd
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a a eal -20- 22. OTHER UNION VISIT..TIOW sit EXTEDBION WORK. A, Several staff members attended the state CIO convention in Chattanocga, May Zl-June 1; Myles Horton was chairmm of the educational comnittee,. B. Hiszhlander was revresented at the stete conference on democracy, Nasuiville, February 22; the Berea Student Lebor Conf- erence in larcn; Conference of Southern Mountain Workers, Knox- ville in the Spring; Nashville board meetings of the Southern Conference on Humar Welfare and the Tennessee Commonwealth Federate- scvnj Moulders and ilounters national convention, Chattanooga, July; United Textile Viorkers of -wcrica national eonvention, New York; CIO national convention, Detroit, November; Zilphia Horton led the singing for ten days at the MWCA industrial girls! cemp in North Carcling in June, and has been invited to join the national music committee of the YwCs. C. Visits were nade to @ preat many local unions and services of too varied and extended a nature to be itemized within the confincs ol nis report were made for international end local unions. We can do no morc than indicetc the kind of serviccs rendered: 1. In tho stscnece of the rezular orgenizcr, a staff member substituted for him in @ eonfurenes with the cmploycr concerning @ soniority gricvances ce Assistance was given Paul Christophur in the Roane County case anvolving the Ucatings to CIO orjurizers, and baciground maturial on the Ro.ne county violations of vivil libsertics was supplicd for a penphict; 5. Many trips were taken with orgurnigzors; 4. Scveral intorn.tional unions held confuronces at tho school; 6. Assistance was rendered in the fight ageiust the poll tex, und the test case before the Supreme Court was tekeon from Grundy County; 6. Ieny icttcrs written for minurs end other union officials in the rcgion; 7e Bome holp wes rendered in finding nuw organizers for the southern drive; 8. From July through Scuptcmber one staff mmbur spoke at twonty- three union nootings, confurred with twonty-four organizers, and con- Wack d twonty-seven internetionin) unions in fourtcen centers. ra 3. PUSLICS TIONS . Two collections of lifvestori_s werc publishud by the students, "Tho South To-morrow", twountyosix PLECE, mimvogrephed by the students of the (Bpring Term; "We Know the Scoro", twuontyenine peges, mimco- 1, by thu students of the Summer Termj work campers mimcecgraphcd
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