Profile: Highlander Folk School continues its history of influence in areas of activism and social justice work

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Profile: Highlander Folk School continues its history of influence in areas of activism and social justice work

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In 1932 during the Great Depression, two white Southerners hit upon a new idea in their quest to unionize workers. Myles Horton and Don West founded the Highlander Folk School. Into the 1950s, as the times and issues changed, the school turned its attention to civil rights, and as Paul Brown reports, the school continues to influence activism and social justice work.

PAUL BROWN reporting:

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