- Biography, Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.), History, School administrators
Myles Horton traces the history of the Highlander Folk School, exploring how the school has influenced notable figures in the civil rights movement, including Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Eleanor Roosevelt, and discusses how the school has served as a catalyst for social change.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Myles Horton, Judith Kohl, Herbert Kohl
- First published
- 1990
- Pages
- 231
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Teachers College Press
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780807737002
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