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— November 21, 1967 ALL Mysnstabhste namyTainey Baeerser is of fis brat ‘ RENE io UNL rie id ; Dear Friend: DATE alist BY OR GI 3 My name is Septima Clark, The enclosed leeflet tells about the work that 1 am doing to give a new chance to people who are viotima of racial prejudice in the South. ' About a year ago, after I had been released as a teacher in the public school syatem of Scuth Carolina, I accepted an invitation from Myles Horton to join the staff of - Hignlander Folk School in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennesses, There was no : questicn about my competence but my stand an integration was unpopuler. Terie frog eae? ran Eighlander is one of the few places in the South where southerners, Negro and White, seo woes ond study together and work out ways to combat prejudice and segregation.- | My first year as Director of Workshops at Highlander has been filled with achieve-. mente. We had the children of Clinton, Tennessee with us for a Christmas holiday in December, Leaders in the Montgomery bus boyoott have supplied leadership for some pf x : ~ our Workshops. Thirty children and ten counselors representing thirteen states had cana . happy, vigorous weeks of out-of-door life here at Camp Koinonia-Highlander this ao simmer, These are times of great opportunity. ; bn , At Highlander we believe that education, if it is real, 1s related to problems, _ g/+ wscus t¢ Highlander and go away equipped to cope with the problems in their om. % = > oommucities. Highlander has funotioned on this principle for a quarter of a century _ . i. wore bes never been any question about it until now. Just this year the Internal yy fo: Fevers Gervice has withdrawn tax-exempt status from Highlander. We cannot let this 5 r orviz die. Until the tax exemption question is settled we are in serious diffi- “salty. Cven $47,000 dn foundation grenta is held up and cannot be touched by us 4 “- 8 ug as this present ruling stands. . 4 . l ., Rv ers doing what we oan to cut costs during this emergency. The entire steff at [2 / _ + «"~tyatwnuter ie foregoing salaries. We are living and working on a subsistence basis. Bo Ths local storekeepers have been generous in extending credit for TAPE - : but we cannot impose on them forever. 1— 75SI/- jel «1 9%. van Geip us in this time of stress we shall be most grateful. We are not aeving engthing for ourselves. We oan all go out and findSother Serko! We do not | - A nove to worry about making a living. What we are fighting for is to preserve an ‘ : cv se sice program that has become a resource end a rallying point for eécves of brave’ ev tl rwee-« why are leading the fight for justice ang better rage jaee in these eruciel geya. quit ih wpe eperma, aoe g ete OF = NDEXED - © Binoerely yours, ur |. Ecut't you please make your cheok f wy. pavable to The Highlander Folk Ah , s ‘ _ 4 Sohool and mail it to ur, RobertLh * yo Rau in the enolosed envelope. . y { _ lo _ 7 4 Ly Trewtes-le, “enn