Title
The Myles Horton Reader: Education For Social Change
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Description
Cornel West has called Myles Horton “an indescribably courageous and visionary white brother from Tennessee.” Horton (1905-1990) cofounded the Highlander Folk School (now known as the Highlander Research and Education Center), an institution controversial from its beginnings. During the early labor movement, the Highlander School sponsored programs for both union organizers and rank-and-file members; the staff of Highlander saw education as a way to approach and work through problems. Issues of race were always important to the school, which became a beacon for the civil rights movement; its summer institutes included such influential participants as Rosa parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and Andrew young. His commitment to education as an agent of social change allowed Horton to see himself as both a teacher and a student, as one who could learn from others as well as help others learn. The Myles Horton Reader presents essays, speeches, and interviews, giving the reader a grounding in the pathbreaking work of an extraordinary man.
ISBN
978-1572332713
Publication Date
2003
Publisher
University of Tennessee Press
City
Knoxville
Keywords
Myles Horton
Disciplines
English Language and Literature
Recommended Citation
Jacobs, Dale, "The Myles Horton Reader: Education For Social Change" (2003). English Books. 2.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/englishbooks/2
Comments
You can find a copy of this book in the Leddy Library here.