Highlander: No Ordinary School 1932-1962

By John M. Glen

Book Overview

and racial justice during a critical era in southern and Appalachian history. This volume is the first comprehensive examination of that extraordinary-and often controversial-institution. Founded in 1932 by Myles Horton and Don West near Monteagle, Tennessee, this adult education center was both a vital resource for southern radicals and a catalyst for several major movements for social change. During its thirty-year history it served as a community folk school, as a training center for souther

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813152801
• ISBN13: 9780813152806
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher