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Highlander Folk School — Part 15

96 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Dec 31, 1956 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 95 pages OCR'd
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m - — OO “MAILED an a mo, NAME CHECK an (BRL TRPORMATION CONTATAED Se OM ge . HABE 15 UNELASSIFIRD ec September 15, 1959 © eaaie se sO “ = MIGHLANDER POLK SCHOOL MYLES HORTON, DIRECTOR Meeteneiee Tennessee _ an sonfidential informants referred to tn ents ae ly memorandum have furnished reliable information in the past. = eT Lilie 7 advised orton — Tennessee, was @ speaker at a meeting of the Southern Conference for Munan Welfare which was held Tennessee om April 19 through 21, 1942. =. Morton epoke on the importance ios the nation both vocationally and in democrac The Southern Conference for Human Welfare has deen eited by twos Spoclal Comaittee om Un-American Activities, Report, iene Yes March 29, 194i, page 1:7 as @ "Comeunist front which - - _ . received money from the Robert Marshall foundation, one ef 2 the principai sources or the funds by which many Gosmmaniat fronts operate," furnished eS omc = =_— — = a “ot (ot— 7 "The ‘Wighlander Folk School is ‘an institution ap located near Monteagle, Tennessee. It is an institution - with classes on e seminar basis and supported primarily by uonations from individuals, from labor unions in the form of payments for stadents 7 otters’ ¢ and to s arn extent b ‘he Parmer a Union. t ers ourses v qouree® 6 sep 16 195¢ Anh and one “t5 STATE (romntoned | Req. recta 9/8/59 NOT: Substhnce of ebove furnished 2 osr-h april 27, 1956, in es response to name check, Thumbnail sketch re Highlander Folk — * teen ____ School checlal up to date with AEASE/ Bb die Organization Desk. So MeLeaek tele oat oo ce me memo classified "Con ential" inasmuch as the informants}|- _ icentitges gx should not be revealed as it might be dangerous oAG ‘to the security of the United States This document contains neither recommendations nor conc Tasione of the FBI. It ia the property d outside is loaned to your agency; it and ite contents are not to be distribute re . Ay SE P ed Se his is in cnewer to your request for ag check of FB! files. wil oy DECLASST \; ici moe . eC. . _ ver MAIL ROOM [J TELETYPE UNIT oo . OF SSO Se
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