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Highlander Folk School for immediate release donteagle, Tennessee wonteagle, Tennessee . . . November 20, 1950, . ."Cur Christmas bells could be freedom bella if we dared include all minorities in our circle of brother- hand | LhAae Heart nn +£ z u nooG, syscs HoPUSL & Folk School, "Freedom bells ringing in the cabins of Negro sharecroppers, ringing for eager minded students with opportunities limited by accident of birth, and freedom bells echoing in distant lands could fil) the troubled world with +honehts of peace on earth and good will toward man," he said. "Highlander's democratic program is based on the brotherhood of man, Democracy to us means that membership in the human family entitles all to the freedom of thought and religion, to equal rights to a livelihood, education and health; to equal opportunity to participate in the cultural life of ths community and to equal access to public services," the religious leaders were told. "We hold that democracy is inactive unless workers are given a full voice in industry through unions; or farmers are given a voice in the market place through cooperatives; or where freedom of thought and discussion is limited; and thet democracy is outlawed by legally entrenched dis crimination aic segregation, "The times call for an affirmative program, based on a positive goal," --ta Horton. "An army of democracy deeply rooted in the lives, struggles and traditions of the American people must be created, By broadening the scope of democracy to include everyone, and deepening the concept to include every relationship, the army of democracy would be so vast and so determined that _ = 7 —-— ss —— oe -_ =—min ~ Lit nothing undemocratic could stand in its path. FARE OL: a ia SY im IN. ~