fbi_foia_hfschool hfschool foia fbi yes Highlander Folk School United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Monteagle Social movements--Tennessee--Monteagle Labor movement--Tennessee--Monteagle Civil rights movements--United States Social movements--United States Labor movement--United States Schools--Tennessee--Monteagle Training--Tennessee--Monteagle Adult education--Tennessee--Monteagle Subversive activities--Tennessee--Monteagle Communism--United States Governmental investigations--Tennessee--Monteagle Horton, Myles, 1905- West, Don The Highlander Folk School, located in Monteagle, TN, was founded by Don West, District Director of the Communist Party in North Carolina, and Miles Norton, Director of the Commonwealth College. Based upon testimony by members of the school, the school was cited for conducting subversive activities by the state of Tennessee, and closed by court order in 1960. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Washington, D.C.] : Federal Bureau of Investigation United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation 2000/9999 Federal government records Text http://vault.fbi.gov/Highlander%20Folk%20School application/pdf 1 file (1,107 p.) Federal Bureau of Investigation records, Federal Bureau of Investigation Forms part of the Freedom of Information Privacy Act Collection. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. 1936/1968 Monteagle (Tenn.) Grundy County (Tenn.) Marion County (Tenn.) 20130520 143921