- Collection:
- Highlander Folk School Collection
- Title:
- Press Release About Highlander Folk School Youth Project
- Creator:
- Horton, Myles, 1905-1990
- Date of Original:
- 1960-05-03
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Monteagle
Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Monteagle
African American civil rights workers--Tennessee--Monteagle
Educators--Tennessee--Monteagle
Race relations
Social integration--Tennessee--Monteagle
Social movements--Tennessee--Monteagle
Social reformers--Tennessee--Monteagle
Youth--Tennessee--Monteagle
African American youth--Tennessee--Monteagle
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
Camps--Tennessee--Monteagle - People:
- Horton, Myles, 1905-1990
- Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Grundy County, 35.38837, -85.72258
United States, Tennessee, Marion County, Monteagle, 35.24008, -85.8397 - Medium:
- press releases
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Press release dated May 3, 1960 about the Highlander Youth Project at the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee. The notice names Miss Minerva Brown, a leader in the high school sit-ins in the city, as one of the project members. The project's purpose was to bring an interracial group of high school students together in a summer camp setting in which they would live and engage in cultural activities together. The goal was to prepare the students for attending integrated colleges and universities. The press release lists several leaders from around the country, as well as an integrated staff of teachers and group leaders.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher.
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. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A9984
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Highlander Folk School, University of the South - Archives, Sewanee, Tennessee
- Contributing Institution:
- Jessie Ball duPont Library. Archives
- Rights:
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