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Highlander Folk School — Part 16

97 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 96 pages OCR'd
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Mr. Jo Edgar Hoover ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED Penecetyenie Ave, estigation — UERFINIS UNCLASSIFIED ~ iiachingtony De C. ee Dear Mr. Hoover; Rearanca nf rec nt eantentrarer in own earnmimn wea Dre ermine +a ee Ae heh ek wae eves we A Le wil ar Tee See attempting ww accumulate factual information - about th nandes Folk School of Mont~- eagles Tennessee. We are concerned about this information as it relates Lie Ale theft £7 ems a Following are the specific questions for which we need answeys: sod ae 1. Was there an act of legislature of the State of Tennessee -ofclose — a the Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee, as a subversiye/ school? 2. If now what was the action taken by the State of Tennessee Agajnst the Highlander Folk School? 3. What were the specific charges made against the Highlander Folk School 4. On the basis of what charge did Highlander Folk School lose its : charter? 2 ROP DPE PR 5. Were there any commmnists on the Staff or Faculty of the Highlander > ¢ Folk School throughout 1957 or thereafter? « - 6. Are there now any communists on the Staff or Faculty of the Highland .f Educational Research Foundation in Knoxville, Tennessee? i 7. Was there, to the best of your knowledge, any training given at the Highlander Folk School, which was based on the principles of Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism, or Communism? 8. Can the F.B.I. say whether or not the Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennesseéy or the Highland Educational Research Foundations Knoxville, Tenn. has in any way used methods or principles or any training of Bere in the methods of Marxist, Leninist, Stalinist or Communistic Bi-7 r .? ae Fd y, ggp 18 2 me27 wes ——_ ena, yp Hy / WAR 12 865 ae Y Aa at ed is De RT TT EFS RR CR SN Ce IRE, NR ETT RC BE tence VIET TOY oe Bene ‘ i er fated: a a ide? = . hack Rae OO Baa fea Peo = '
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