Highlander Research and Education Center

In 1932, Myles Horton and Don West founded the Highlander Folk School outside the town of Monteagle in Grundy County, Tennessee in order "to provide an educational center in the South for the training of rural and industrial leaders, and for the conservation and enrichment of the indigenous cultural values of the mountains." Highlander played a important part in the Southern labor movement and the civil rights movement. After being shut down in 1961 for violating state laws regarding segregation, the center reopened in Knoxville, Tennessee as the Highlander Research and Education Center. The center is currently located in New Market, Tennessee.

Related Topics:
1932 - Myles Horton - Don West - Monteagle - Grundy County - Tennessee - Civil rights movement - Knoxville, Tennessee - New Market, Tennessee

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