Highlander: No Ordinary School 1932-1962 - Paperback

by John M. Glen (Author)

and racial justice during a critical era in southern and Appalachian history. This volume is the first comprehensive examination of that extraordinary-and often controversial-institution. Founded in 1932 by Myles Horton and Don West near Monteagle, Tennessee, this adult education center was both a vital resource for southern radicals and a catalyst for several major movements for social change. During its thirty-year history it served as a community folk school, as a training center for souther

Author Biography

John M. Glen is assistant professor of history at Ball State University.