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| Title: | Highlander Folk School |
| Date: | 1936-1968 |
| Description: | 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. |
| Types: | Federal government records |
| Subjects: | Horton, Myles, 1905- | West, Don | 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 | Monteagle (Tenn.) | Grundy County (Tenn.) | Marion County (Tenn.) |
| Collection: | FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection |
| Institution: | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Contributors: | United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation | Freedom of Information Privacy Act Collection (United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation) |
| Online Publisher: | [Washington, D.C.] : Federal Bureau of Investigation | 2000/9999 |
| Original Material: | 1 file (1,107 p.) Federal Bureau of Investigation records, Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of the Freedom of Information Privacy Act Collection. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://vault.fbi.gov/Highlander%20Folk%20School |
