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Highlander Folk School Main Building.jpg
Picture from the beginning of Highlander Folk School, in front of main office before addition was added. From left to right: Delmus Horton (brother of Myles Horton), Malcom Chisholm (killed in Spanish Civil War), John Layton (killed in International…

Tennesse historic marker - Highlander folk school.jpg
Highlander Folk School historic marker; located on US Hwy 41 just east of Monteagle, Tennessee.

Highlander Folk school historic signmarker.jpeg
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2E 75 HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL 1932-1962

In 1932, Myles Horton and Don West founded Highlander Folk School, located ½ mile north of this site. It quickly became one of the few schools in the South committed to the cause of organized labor,…
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