PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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White and black students learned to work in support of the First Amendment separately.
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White and black students learned to work in support of the First Amendment together.
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White and black students learned to work in support of the First Amendment separately.
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White and black students learned to work against segregation together.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Highlander wanted empower students to become agents of social change. In the 1950s, the folk school made a commitment to the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement. It opened its doors to Black activists from across the South, making it one of the region’s only fully integrated schools.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the Highlander Folk School, they helped train people in forms of non-violent protests and how to desegregate communities, including schools. The Highlander Folk School did not just teach in Monteagle, they hosted programs all across the South. Even Martin Luther King Jr.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1961, the state of Tennessee revoked Highlander’s charter, and confiscated and auctioned the school’s land and property. According to Septima Clark’s autobiography, Echo In My Soul (page 225), the Highlander Folk School was closed, because it engaged in commercial activities in violation its charter.
Detailed explanation-4: -In August 1955, Rosa Parks attended a two-week workshop at Highlander Folk School on implementing school desegregation. Founded in the 1930s by Myles Horton as an adult organizer training school, Highlander sought to build local leadership for social change.