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Highlander Folk School Youth Project Dance

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Description: Youth dancing at the Highlander Folk School as part of the Summer Youth Project program. Wendy Davis is in the lower left.
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Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union

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Description: Mine, Mill & Smelters Union reading by a lake at Highlander Folk School. Will Thomas, second on the right, smoking a pipe.
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Civil Rights Workshop Members Wearing Hats

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Description: Two members, one male and one female, of a Civil Rights Workshop at Highlander Folk School, participating in a game. The man is wearing a homemade hat.
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L.A. Blackman Outside Highlander Library

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Description: L.A. Blackman, from Elloree, South Carolina, standing outside of Highlander Library.
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25th Anniversary of Highlander

Date: 09 02 1957
Description: 25th Anniversary event in the Highlander Folk School Library. Pictured are Rosa Parks, Myles Horton, Aubrey Williams, and Martin Luther King, Jr. among ot...
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Julius Lester Playing Guitar

Date: 1977
Description: Julius Lester playing an acoustic guitar outdoors at Highlander Folk School.
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Portrait of Septima Clark

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Description: Civil Rights activist, Septima Clark, at Highlander Folk School.
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"A Guide To Community Action" Cover

Date: 1955
Description: The front cover of a booklet titled: "A Guide To Community Action For Public School Integration." Text over image at bottom reads: "Highlander Staff Planni...
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Esau Jackson, Morris Mitchell and Septima Clark

Date: 1960
Description: From left to right are Esau Jackson, Morris Mitchell and Septima Clark. They are attending a dinner at Highlander Folk School.

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