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eee yt er sf Be at eet ee a ne er at eS { ’ conAMENTIAL Re: HIGHELANDER FOLK SCHOOL “County and state law enforcement officials raided integrated Highlander Folk School last night, arrested a Vercro woman and three white men and consi cated a quant tity of liquor. “The school was the subject of an investigation by the 1953 state Legislature, which sought indication of Communistic activities or teachings at the school, ‘A "The Negro woman arrested was Mrs. Septima P,~& APRn /V9: Seaark, 61, who said she was director of education for ~ ~~~. ° Kighlander and in charge during the absence of School Director Myles horton, now in Europe, Liquor in Horton Hone "She was charged with po ossessing whisky after raiders said they found bottles o7 gin and rum and a keg containing whisky in the home of Horton, She was jailed pending receipt of bond. Grundy County is prohibition, "Dist. Atty. Ab Sloan, who directed the raid along with Grundy County Sheriff Elston Clay and Tennessee Bureau of Identification Agent Kenneth Shelton, said he plans to file a petition seeking that Highlander be de-= clared a public nuisance and be closed "The raiding part of 15 hit the school shortly after an estimated 30 Negro men and women and several young white couples had finished a banquet and were watching a movie, "The search warrant was signed by Justice of the Peace John P, Wright. Held on Several Charges "Others arrested and jailed at Altamount, the 4 county seat, on charges of drunkenness, interfering oe) with officers and resisting arrest were Brent Eugene %. w 14 fBarksdale, 22, of Los Angeles, if., Guy Hughes Cara-~ ~ _B, APPROX . ewan, Jre, 32, of Los. “Angeles ¥' -Perxy_Mackay/Sturges, » B. APPROK, / "ire, 34, Shelter Island Heights, N.Y. a a ala Pee en re a _APPROK., \t? ee bh -3- CONFOENTIAC Am ne Re Pe TT