tnn_npldl_cre-tn-highlander_folk_sch cre-tn-highlander_folk_sch npldl tnn yes Highlander Folk School, circa 1940 Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)--History Adult education--Tennessee--History Working class--Education--Tennessee--History Dissenters Freedom of speech--Tennessee Liberty Activists--American--Tennessee--Monteagle Civil rights movements--Tennessee Civil rights workers--Tennessee Nonviolence--Study and teaching--Tennessee--Monteagle Monteagle (Tenn.)--History--Sources Monteagle (Tenn.)--Social conditions Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources Horton, Myles, 1905- Pamphlet of the history of the Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee. The pamphlet tells of Highlander's origins, history, programs, administration, and support. In 1932, Myles Horton, a native Tennessean educated at Cumberland University and the University of Chicago, returned to Tennessee to help provide Southern workers with an opportunity for an education fitted to their practical needs. The Highlander Folk School was founded "to provide an educational center in the South for the training of rural and industrial leaders, and for the conservation and enrichment of the indigenous cultural values of the mountain." Nashville, Tenn. : Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County. Special Collections Division Civil Rights Online Collection (Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County. Special Collections Division) 2006 Pamphlets http://digital.library.nashville.org/u?/nr,568 image/tiff 1 pamphlet : col.; 5.5 in x 8.5 in. Civil Rights Ephemera Collection, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library. Forms part of online collection: Civil Rights Online Collection. 1940 Nashville (Tenn.) Davidson County (Tenn.) U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782. 20090526 204853