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mm meme mn TR a a me ae Ee tea ate ee RT Ae = anne ta, aR er — eB saa late arn aR ete i mm <5 cima na mem a a Deine ee Ree ns cae “me 8010= 104-01 wo | ’ "A + c : UNITED STATES &3’ERNMENT 3 Memorandum | . TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (61-7511) DATE: February 29, 1960 i FROM . Whe, LOUISVILLE (61-42) c SUBJECT: HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL ALL INFORMATION CON se 00: ~ . HEREIN IS es Dd Re Memphis letter, 4 &/2/ /59. DATE Kies ad BY SPE 4 AGS. (fi The Leuisville nivek Mtocteviuie, Kentucky, a news- paper of general circulation, on 2/20/60, carried a story reporting that»~FRIENDS OF HIGHLANDER, identified as "a new organization here," might be called upon to raise funds to carry litigation, in which the charter of the HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL was revoked, to the Supreme Court. The story reported that the school's charter was revoked by a Tennessee Circuit Court on 2/16/60. fd Ft ' . Miss DORCAS“RUTHERBURG not identified in the story but known to be a writer, director, producer at WHAS. - Radio- and WHAS, - TV, Louisville stations, who has received awards for "public service" programs) was identified as temporary chairman of the newly-formed group. The group was 3s sald to f consist of 58 Negro and white civic and educational leaders. The story did not directly state but implied that Miss ALICE-COBB, "a religious educator, former Kentucky school teacher and social worker," who stopped in Louisville on 2/19/60, "on her way to clear her things off the premises" of the school, waa instrumental in formation of the Louls- ville group. | /<y: According to the story, "Miss COBB told a story of months of harassment of the school and its staff, leading up to the court's contention that HIGHLANDER violates ,rennessee 's yegregation laws as they apply to private schoois. She reportedly said, "Southerner's main objection to the school is its workshops teaching uneducated Negroes and white persons how to pass literacy requirements for voting. —— Miss COBB was further identified as a former com- munity-organization consultant for the Kentucky State Child St Welfare pera fer three years, under former Governor Pr emanates ce a wt (2). 1 Bureau (61- 1312) (Rm) a REC- 10 GIS I) ~ 25/ - Knoxville (61~12) (RM 2 - Loulsyilis, 7 ‘ 1 - Op-32)) 1B o~ 4 WAR 8 1860 af 1 - 44-20