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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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¥IO: School Given 30 Deys To Ask for New Trial " ALTAMONT, Tenn., Feb. 16 aj Oru Jaise C. C. Chattin to: vr ; on UUTIS day revoked the charter of con- bee eeneial Hinklandor Falk Erhanl BOUT. Bid Celia re nooo Tred dhe interracia’ adult egacsuon center near Morteagie Bice ander recetverster +» bow Hpes @ome fied tp Boe €anes Gea Court. Gas omird the sctool had rf wa bane th Oe ete ger &: and laws pertaining te te eo oo! bre. The firige miicd further that @ eet givice sche) property te Aviles Horton, its founder-presi- ére-t, wat invebd and that the pricy, abst 76 acres, must be fut! back to the school Lee Chalcered Reveces. of tee peaeral wel- fers cheve Wk tent be Bet, iy oe F ee ore wae. te Pes -e wt be nen! ‘fey gets t ger af Acro ~ 90: gz frat Hh | ea wetter ke wiclstion of Hie Per aad Pi a Restos” Bos emmigated the an } ee 2 feet an Clk aki Sof We gr sd “eit t le Ve ged eenean | tte wa a, a er we a oF Oe CES al tt hy a Py : - eek bps a mpor,, given here daa Revernber.| | foard of Education... eid that oA | He gave Highlander. 98 days in| | the foregoing statute was uncon- =H which to Be for a mew trial stiulional The- defendant fur- os £4 Attoracy Comuneets | | Urer ‘inalats that the 24th Amend- _ —- went from. Highlander officials, ||. 5. forvids slete action based = = bo) be Nasty kc, bowever, Cock! Bras. |]! °°"*- — gtetter, attorney for Rochletag tt 7 Batee Cavved held Sn said he would file s mouon fe a: | 4408 xeperme ea oo pew trial. : allogethe conclude that in the dictd of pub == wee ee in fase aii|| le educstion en the doctrine of aew the jurors and people in the com- a lla bat ote hes he ace cond Lad axe va “The relator a isis me 4 at the record shows, they that this holding does not render <== in ond raany paid it was apninet the statule unconsUtutions! as to eee their religion for whites and Ne} [Private schools. The statue may] The Kuoxville News groes to cit in the same clar/ be weconsttudonal and wel is tanel room.” Branstetfer sald Are} to therr apritcatan wp per @. on ear gibject mafier om aid a: || Kuuxville ’ Tenn, Other parts, er. te Male the mu |! . lors grere goncretely, they may Etitow. Miller se be constitutional in operation with ter Edition respect to “some persons and states of fact, and unconstitutional Pm Dated 2-—/¢- 60 Page f : gration and that Ht is a peivatel! “Chattin then ruled: |HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOC MONTEAGLE, TENN institution “That tt dg an adult/} ‘The court is of the opinion education iatitutian wes proved‘ hal the segregation laws of the INFORMATION CONCERNI? iBUFILE 61-7511 other comment might be mae opt) | , before a daly eonsttined court” | , Chattin's opinion sald “High. lander admits practices inte- by a r af evidence .| state as applied to private schosis at the trial" are ror tiulional and valid..." This, he said, vistaies a od Beer Gale Recalted Piel Tennetece Code thal pro Paraire said Highlander vio- the crimina? law “Tt shall be mnlawful for any | beer on schoo! property. “! "| school, academy, college, of other state by permitting the sale of pieces of Jeoraing to allow white | “The court,” he said. “is of | and colored persons to stlend the Tfurther epinion that the defend. game school, academy, college, & fants heving violeted the criminal other places of Jearning.” ‘}hews of Ube state in that at has = etigeior pasiste. Gaplin agi? leer mitted the sale of beer to be jearried @ut upon ils property without a permit, ar icense. and permittiog integration in is school warke @ freflalmiee of te say Wee BS CIS Ge me charter, the defendant having ac- | cepied Its charter with the can dition that ‘a violation of ‘anv of the provisiots of this charter shell subies: the carperation into Gissclution at the insistence of the - need . {gee’* ‘fo |, . 8 ‘ “yg
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