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Highlander Folk School — Part 19

74 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 74 pages OCR'd
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ww ee em em Governor Gets Measure For Closing Of Highlander, t [. ' From The Commercial Appeal Nashville Buread NASHVILLE, March 13. — A resolution to open the way for possible revocation of the charter of the Highlander Folk School at Monteagle got final legislative approval Friday and went to the Governor.” ; - The resolution instructs the district attorney general the Highlander area to take steps to have the charter revoked. would remove the school’s tax exemption and possibly ide the means for taxing it out of existence. A special legislative commit- tee that investigated Highlander gaid it had collected evidence to show the school is a meeting peace for communists and fel- - low travelers. w+. The committee elso reported! ° the school certificates of i - corporation had not been file in Grundy County, where the ECdimm ére ial ead. institution is located, and that c. = some school property had been : : transferred tages Horton, di- Mem p hes : Tenn, rector of Highlander. _ f j - 7 Z-/4-54 yssue fide fife —< % coal ALLINFORMATION CONTAINED CO egéke O75 HEREIN [S UNCLASSIFIED flelarede) Afar 0 ———a . yom Tee OED 170 MAR 31 1959 ~ 7 ; 67 MAR $1 18 | a ae
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