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Women on Street Near Highlander

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Description: Two elderly women walking on a sidewalk next to a storefront.
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South Carolina Sea Island Citizenship Group

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Description: South Carolina Sea Island citizenship group. Judy Gregory, Highlander staff, at left.
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Two Women at CIO Session

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Description: Two women talking on a foliage covered bench as part of a CIO session at Highlander Folk School.
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Men's Locker Room at Highlander

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Description: A group of men, one smoking a cigarette, in the men's locker room at Highlander Folk School.
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Public and Human Relations Workshop

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Description: Public and Human Relations workshop at Highlander Library: second from left, Bill van Guill; on right, Myles Horton; third from left, Catherine Winston; be...
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Voter Registration Activists from Charleston

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Description: Voter registration activists from Charleston, South Carolina. Charles Wilson seated on right.
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Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union Meal

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Description: Mine, Mill and Smelter workers eating a meal at Highlander Folk School.
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Food, Tobacco, Agriculture Workers Cookout

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Description: Food, Tobacco, Agriculture Workers cookout. Second from left, Marny, the Pre-Education director.
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CIO Meal at Highlander

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Description: Summer Youth project, eating in dining hall Myles Horton on left, Wiley Gillmor second from left.
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Civil Rights Workshop

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Description: A woman speaking at a Civil Rights workshop.
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Farmers Union Family Meal

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Description: A farming family, members of the Farmers Union, sharing a large dinner together.
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Workers Eating at CIO Session

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Description: CIO session over a hedge with workers eating and drinking. Fourth from the left, Cole Danenburg, textile worker.
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Main Highlander Building

Date: 1935
Description: Back of Main Building at Highlander Folk School.
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Checkers at Civil Rights Workshop

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Description: Two men playing checkers, while another reads a journal, taking a break from a Civil Rights Workshop at Highlander Folk School.
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Student Making Stencil at Highlander

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Description: Food, Tobacco and Agriculture student at Highlander Folk School creating a stencil to be used to make signs.
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Man Operating Mechanical Arms

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Description: An African American man operating a series of large, mechanical arms to manipulate various bottles and scientific instruments. At the Oak Ridge Atomic Muse...
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Wadmalaw Island Citizenship Group

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Description: Two women at the blackboard during a Wadmalaw Island citizenship group evening class.
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Learn Ideas at Highlander

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Description: Images of men with the words "Workers," "Farmers," and "Learn New Ideas at Highlander," collaged around them. Part of a series of Highlander photographic c...
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Students Next to Highlander Entrance

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Description: A group of early Highlander Folk School students standing near the entrance sign.
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Music at Farmers Union Meeting

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Description: Three boys, one playing a guitar, one playing a mandolin, and one singing a song from "Favorite Radio Gems," songbook, as part of a Farmers Union Meeting a...

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