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Highlander Folk School — Part 15

96 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Dec 31, 1956 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 95 pages OCR'd
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Rr lil mmm me me me some emleeermatncerges cleanest Bienen le Rr emetic LEE, + mienlineetes meer cinta ele rn Lode aenpial pry cine Aelia Rs. ee. ARR AO ee Om "Many of the people attending the classes, one John's Islander reported, are com- pletely illiterate. They come in from remote sections. ‘Some of them never have seen the city,' he explained. ‘They have no idea what's going on outside their section, ' "Jenkins, in answer to a question, said he didntt believe Horton of the controversial T2 wh TaKMmAa ae a eA ia an Az Ament at Tawrirdwan ast A AABN LEMOS L Bvuibvu., 1H & conmunist, WelLenalio Oa. Horton never did or said anything as far as he knew to indicate he was a Red. "The school has been accused of harboring subversive elements and of being a preeding ground for agitators. It faces the loss of its charter as a privately operated institution as a result of the investigation by the Tennessee Teri a1 ature, ae eee "twWe dontt believe in violence, '! Jvenkins said of his association. 'We tell our people to be respectful. This thing (integration) can't be done over night. It's a revolution. There's no use of us fighting over it.' He said the Highlander school hadn't suggested the classes as a tool of integration, "Jenkins owns, besides the grocery, a restaurant in Charleston and some buses, He is a leader of the Wesley Church, “He says he hopes to start a Negro housing project on the island -- to get Negroes out of shacks. Maybe that would serve as an example and they'd try to build better houses,' he commented, Jenkins says he believes in teaching by example. He has put three children through college, and has one child in high school and another in grammar school, Ee says he hopes other Negroes will do likewise," -- 5 -- a tt
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