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Each week the Pacifica Radio Archives chooses a program "From the Vault" of broadcasts in a half-hour program.
In 1932, Myles Norton and friends formed the Highlander Folk School in rural Tennessee to help coal miners and other labor leaders understand what it takes to organize and demand livable wages and benefits for their families during the Great Depression. By the mid 1950’s, the focus changed to organizing participants in the Civil Rights Movement. Some of the notable names that passed through the School in the first 30 years include first Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Pete Seeger.
This week on From the Vault, we feature a 1960 documentary on the Highlander Folk School, now known as the Highlander Research and Education Center. Produced and hosted by legendary KPFA Public Affairs Director Elsa Knight Thompson, this piece features interviews with school founder Myles Horton, director Septima Clark, and citizenship steward Esau Jenkins, among others, as well as actuality recorded in and around the school.
