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ia ~~ : A Council leader i Ld . a a 2 Bemte Speaks His Piece. ” - By_DR, MEDFORD EVANS | Consultant, ‘Cifizény’ “C ountit Pee en kok * ah a a 66°TMHERE’S such divinity doth hedge a king—”. said Shakespeare. Yet pretenders have fallen: “Let us not be intimidated by a wame and an, image. In September 1957 Martin Luther: King was present at “the Highlander Fotk School in Monteagie, Tennessee, and was photographed by an agent of the Georria Commission on Education. Someone has ask- wk ae -- if Highlander was a “Communist training . achool-—-the photographer was a Communist also. The an- awer jis that he probably passed. for one at the time.) One of the pictures he took shows Martin Luther King making a speech. In another, which was to be- toms famous, King in seated ! in an wudience which included also Myles Hort director of Highlander!” tate Aubre ~ Willama, then preside . the Ssudhern Conference Edu- cational Fund, Inc.; and ner Barry of the Central Com- meal the Communist party, USA. Berry is a Negro, et Horton and WiHlams while. Highiander and SCEF are far-. left ingtitutions with charact- eristically ambiguous relation- ships) with the Communist, party... Thie group photograph has’ ‘been ..widely circulated for many -years. Initially it was distributed by the Geo Commission in «a circular showing raclally integrated ac- tivities “t Highlander. In 1963 Mississippi Governor Koss ett. showed it before « televised hearing in Washing-' ton. Thousands of letter-size: coples. bave been distributed: by the, Neshvitte Citizens’: Council. -. A In Biliboard Form ns ; Recently it has been : pared red In iwboard form Ba Pirieent™ Connell oO ‘office th Bhreveport and made ht tn 2 = (indicate page, hame of newspaper, city and stete.) Page 3-3 HE NASHVILLE — TENNESSEAN Nashville, Tennesse¢ 197 ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLAS DATE Aah “be 9s 1 { ENCLOSURE, - IFIED | 1h fhele ad 607 Edition: . Aathor: DR, MEDFORD EVA Editor: JOHN SEIGENTHALE Tite: HightawbER Fes SC thor $-¢ Character: Classification: G6 1-37 Submitting Office: PH