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Highlander Folk School — Part 15
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: Highlander Hearing Opens Today;
By MOUZON FEIERS
Chattanecgs Time: Hay Wreer
ALTAMONT, Tenn — The nit-| rector and three othev an
tle mountain courthouse among Charges of potscesing moonshine
the colorful maples in the county! whisky at the achool.
seat of Grundy County will be the, Indictmenta were returned
selling Tuesday of the second aci,late Monday against Mrv.
in the current legs! drama entitied Septima Ciark, the education
“Highlander Folk School Must'@irector; Brent Eugene Berke-
Go.” [dale, 32, Los Angeles; Guy
Opening is Grundy County cir. Hughes Carawan, 22, Les
cult court js Gee bearing in which) Amgeles, and Perry Sturgess,
the @tlormey general of Tennes-(98. Shelter Island Heights, N.Y.
eee 8 Ra godiogl Tut Will seek Circujt Court Clerk Mrs. Fior-
.an order revoking the Syearelalence Bouldin revealed.
‘charter of the institution which! Mrs Clark was indicted on @
workshops and pursuts a policy! The three men, whe were taking
ot agyresaive itheralinn. [part in a workshop af the school
The first part of the current] last July #1 when ooonty and
move against the school was in:ttate officers staged & Paid,
mid Sepemoer, when fhe ator a abeeraagibras hohrarvial
oe - = a Nees, Z an
ney Feneral, A. F, Boan of SOUTH ering with an officer in the dis-
FAt tetany, t vv in-
an id sought & temporary in | charge of ble atficial duty.
against the operation of bon
the achool on grounds it was al, Cah da, posted by the
public gulgance, four at the time of their ar-
Highlander Inst @ preliminaryl. 3. were © tinue a,
round Monday even before the
iheering opened when the .
(dicted the school's education di-] See Page Two, Celama Three
MreClark, 3 Others Are Indicted—.
ee
|HEARINC-QRENS ||
on HIGHLANDER
From Page One
fin ot that time agreed to the ned
jlocking of ene building smong the
jdosen or miare on the 1s0-ecre
jcempys. He ruled that the siaie’s
‘attorney had proved a ¢'
{beer had been dispensed Meral
t
lpoistereus
immoral practices af the school.
Atty. Gen. Sloan, in addition to
‘etlecking Mighlender in the Wear.
[me epening Tuesday on the
‘charges of bis original petition,
jeri: geek Pevecation of the charter
an the claim that operations of the
lpebod! have ,‘viclated terns of the
| In soditien. aiteeugt Te ates
‘ney general bed said during the
ifirat bearing and since tha
leet were not invelved, he last
1
_ a
week fed an amendment ty his
petition to charge that Highlander
fa in violation of a bf-yearold Ten
neseee law which forbids white
ahd Negroes from atiead-
ing the same classed,
Myles Horton, founder and pres-
‘ident of Highlander, and olber# as-
[sociated with the defense have ex-
‘pressed some reiber contuaes sur.
‘prise gf the amendment.
| "We are willing lo stipulate that
i Highlander {3 integrated,” sald
Horton. “We hardly see bow it is
‘possible, though, to be in viels-
cae
|tian of a statute already held to be
i
invalid by both state and federal |
courts.” |
‘ mil
City aad, Monteazie, this 9
* tenittee visited the school and =|
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINER
HEREIN IS UNCLASSI Fé
DATE .slois py es
ie) | eT Vi. TT aN09 RAT i meget
Chattenooca, Ternessee
. 11+-3-59 -Martih Ochs. Editor
_Bnokville Division °
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