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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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There ig net generally much good news from the Supreme Court, for the South. But we can be pleased with the jurists’ decision of yesterday in which ‘Vey denned to review a Tennessee J. erder which revoked the charter of Uivhisnder folk school near Monteagle, aie, Peat, een The revocation came because of beer ne .. Ss@liing there and because the Tennessee aa y: Supreme Court ruled that the director, oa Meies Horton, had been operating the my schoo) for his private gain. eat | ‘Theataie high court did not rule on Hightander'No Help ~~ ee, racial questions but a lower court judge—tatrom had held earlier that the Highlander school had violated state segregation laws by having an interracial student body. . Word from Tennessee has been that the schoo! bas taken out a new charter and plans to open a new center in Knox- ville to carry out the “Highlander ideal,” " Highlander schoo] has been an adult education organization which followed a tine much to the left of center. In the present troubled condition in the South, | we can get along without such an insti-' 4) - ISU -_ p. 184 OCT 25 3981 Mr, Tolnen 1 Mr. Belmont Mr, Mohr__ Mr. Callahan. Mr, Conrad. Mr. DeLoach___ Mr. Evana Mr. Trotter Tele. Room. Mr. Ingram Miss Gandy we BIRMINGHAM POST-HERALD 10-10-61 (Editorial) Birmingham, Alabama Editor ~- JancS E. MILLS BY OFFICE, @ WIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL Se AL LIHFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN 1S UNCLASSIFIED DATE alu|e4 BY T a floc A i Me
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