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Highlander Folk School — Part 19

74 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 74 pages OCR'd
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‘By GARRY FULLERTON ' Staff Correspondent hére the school's charter. —— ++ + ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS NCLASSIFIED DATE 3) 4 fo ChUAPR? 1959 Fa a School! Charte TRACY CITY, Tenn.—The joint pyisiative committee investigating 1, = khlender Foly_sehoo) its questions at a public hearing Gesterday it wants to revoke showed by/nificant disclosures Testimony during the day-long ion centered around the BY reer |O0) tie ae hah ; pe t Te ce school's labor organizing activi- ties in the carly 1930s and ite classes on integration problems during recent years, thé most sig- came when Mrs. Violet Crutchfield, Grundy’ county registrar of deeds, testi-'. "(fied that the school's charter has‘ | not been registered in Grundy! county as required by law. : k ‘Other Testimony , : -|. Through the testimony of some! 16 witnesses, the conimittee alao attempted to show that: . t @ The school is not « bona fide: However, one of NOT RECORDED 126, AFR 3 1959 eee educational institution. @ It bas not fulfilled the purposes for which its charter was issued. @ Part of its tax free property was deeded two years ago to Abas : Horton, one of the school’s founa-| ers“fiid its director. . “ cy a pik OND DICECTUE O out f =a ye, foe sent Ts Folk ot Me Mie HLe —e ae ee Horton told a reporter in an In- Tenant - terview later the property, was eo transferred to him in lieu o: ck wages which the school owed: him. He said he has deen payin 5 o Aug. “7, 1957, date of the transfer. He said the property Ze Nashville Tennessean Nashville, Tenn. mo 7 ‘2-27-59 ps 1 an . 61-34. Woe. a | FES... 40° FERUCHEO. SERIALIZED... ao FB, - MEMerIS
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