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Highlander Folk School — Part 16

97 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 96 pages OCR'd
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October 2 Rtas es _ |. +" HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL - a INTERNAL SECURITY ~ € +” . sore cy HIGHI ANDER RESEARCH ’ ‘4 EDUCATION CENTER oe aA _ “og INTERNAL SECURITY. =f La Sys wt, . _. Phe “October i3, 1962 issue of the Knoxville’ Journal, a local daily newspaper published at Knoxville, Tennessee, - contained an article captioned "Highlander Alters Policies". This article read in part as follows: eg . Logit ub g ES eS Foe 8 FL, "Highlander Folk ‘school, noted for its pro- » Communist leanings, has changed emphasis from . education of whites to accept integration to “ti! Bo agitation by a few Negroes in stirring up racial ke trouble by sitin and the like, it was learned © yesterday. : This w he gist of a speech given this -. - v @eek by Myles Worton, Highlander. director, toa group ° of 11 supporters of Rev. “Maur ic@kycCracken in Cin-.-: eis cinnpati.. McCracken is a Presbyte n minister, under ~~ suspension, who was the treasurer of "Operation «i =:" 0" > _ Freedom" for "Tent City" in West Tennessee a few. . months ago. He has a community burch in Cincinnati. * Highlander has been operating here at 1625 Riverside Drive. It formerly was at Monteagle, PSE oy but was closed there several months ago by the . “monte state, After that, Horton and a group obtained *” oo, another charter from the state to function here, 2 '; “Horton, ‘dn ‘his talk, told of 3 a Negro presby- ae terian Church in Knoxville where the basement ip,,.s used as a cafeteria and meeting place for Negro Sei eo students from University of Tennessee, Maryville <<" College and Knoxville College to plan integration activities. Upstairs quarters are used to house ...*. Negro speakers who come into Knoxville to Speak © ; _ to the Broups. | Ts Se ga, ae ATT tee ses e oe L) TSS, aE a ERIE ict Ca Seat CE CELE
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