Education in Black and White: Myles Horton and the Highlander Center's Vision for Social Justice
Stephen Preskill, "Education in Black and White: Myles Horton and the Highlander Center's Vision for Social Justice"
English | ISBN: 0520302052 | 2021 | 384 pages | EPUB, PDF | 4 MB + 133 MB
English | ISBN: 0520302052 | 2021 | 384 pages | EPUB, PDF | 4 MB + 133 MB
How Myles Horton and the Highlander Folk School catalyzed social justice and democratic education
For too long, the story of life-changing teacher and activist Myles Horton has escaped the public spotlight. An inspiring and humble leader whose work influenced the civil rights movement, Horton helped thousands of marginalized people gain greater control over their lives. Born and raised in early twentieth-century Tennessee, Horton was appalled by the disrespect and discrimination that was heaped on poor people—both black and white—throughout Appalachia. He resolved to create a place that would be available to all, where regular people could talk, learn from one another, and get to the heart of issues of class and race, and right and wrong. And so in 1932, Horton cofounded the Highlander Folk School, smack in the middle of Tennessee.
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