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Highlander Folk School — Part 8

64 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 64 pages OCR'd
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Birmingham Industrial Union Council, JOHN GREEN, National President, Ineo win» - dustrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers of America, GEORGE a eee Executive Vice-President, Textile Workers Union of America, HERBERT W, PATHE, = Director Rayon Division, Textile Workers Union of America, FRANZ DANIELS, wee National Organizer, Amalgamated Clothing Workers, PHILIP VAN GELDER, Secretary, Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers, FRANK ROSENBLUM, Vice- ee lee President, CIO; Organisational Director, ACWA, F. C. PIEPER, Regional CIO: =a oe Director, New Orleans, JOHN J. SCHULTER, Southern Director, "United Retail a” Wholesale Employees, REID ROBINSON, President, Mine, Mill & Snelter Workers, - A E. L. SANDEFUR, N. C. & S. C. Director, CIO, NORMAN G. TWIST, International - Hepresentative, United Retail & Wholesale Employees, SHERMAN PALRINPLE, * : National President, United Rubber Workers of America, ek, At a Highlander Folk School benefit stven ot Decenber | #, 19)0, the following-prominent persons were listed as sponsors: Miss MARY . i. siioEaso} Secretary and Mrs. HAROLD ICKES, Hon, and Mrs, BENHAM BALDWIN, = Ire MORDECAI JOHNSON, Justice and Mrs, HUGO BLACK, Miss KATHRYN LEWIS, Mr. | - and Mrs, JOHN CARMODY, Mrs, HOWELL MOOREHEAD, Hon. and Mrs, JOHN COFFEE, Mre and Mrs, DUNCAN PHILLIPS, Hon, and irs. JOHN COLLIER, Mr, and Mrs, GIFFORD..-_ - PINCHOT, Mies HARRIET ELLIOTT, Mrs. FRANKLIN D, ROOSEVELT, Hon. and Mrs, LEE. {\ GEYER, Miss HILDA SMITH, Hon, and Mrs, LEON HENDERSON, Mr. and Mrs, L. CORRIN ~* j inchG, Mr, SIDNEY HILLMAN, Dr. and Mrs, JOHN STUDEBAKER, Secretary and Mre,e ; DELL HULL, Hon. and Mrs, JERRY VOORHIS. Sq \/ Stediun, Washington, D, C, on May 10, 1912, the following were listed as en ER-4 —S._ sponsors for the concert: Mrs, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Mrs, AGNES H. STONE,-.,, vim TN: Cstice and Mrs, STANLEY F, REED, Mrs, HUGO L, BLACK, Mre, FRANCIS BIDDLE, ~ Senator ABE KURDOCK, Mr. and Mrs, EDWARD KEATING, Mre JAMES B, CAREY, Mire .-/- and Mre, GIFFORD PINCHOT, Mr. CLARENCE PICKETT, Mr. FRED S. WALKER, Dre FRANK ?. GRAHAM, Mr, and Mre, GERARD D. REILLY, Mr. MAURY MAVERICK, Mr. WALTER eXUCE HOWE, Hon, THOMAS H, ELLIOT, Mr, and Mrse J. Re FILLMAN, Mre, MARY wLUOD BETHUNE, Mrs, GANSON PURCELL, Mre. CLARK FOREMAN, Mrs, CHARLES EDWARD - RUETTS, Mre and Urs, CLIFFORD J. DURR, Mr. and Mrs, DAVID R. WILLIAMS, Hong J. WARREN MADDEN, Mrs TELFORD TAYLOR, Lieut, BARRY BINGHAM, Mr, DAVID E, LILIENTHAL, Miss HILDA SMITH, Mre. DECCA ROMMILY, and Mire and Urs. MICHAEL . ona LGHT . comeysTon FF eee ON oe . _ 4 review of the Highlander Folk School file indicates that the school has deviated little from its main program to educate and... - train labor representatives for labor organizing positions and to aid labor “vsganizations in an educational program whenever the school has been called upon to do so, the main front organization backed by the school being the _ Southern Conference for Human Welfare. Be REESE URE FO Ze AMET er Sayre oe
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