"We Can Live Freedom:" The Highlander Folk School as a Model for Civic Education.

Preskill, Stephen

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ERIC Number: EJ449349

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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"We Can Live Freedom:" The Highlander Folk School as a Model for Civic Education.

Preskill, Stephen

Social Science Record, v28 n2 p11-21 Fall 1991

Discusses Tennessee's Highlander Folk School. Reports that the school helped organize labor unions and played a role in the civil rights movement of the 1950s. Explains that Highlander sought to bring about southern integration. Argues that successful civic education draws out the experiences and interests of participants and nurtures respect and communication. (SG)

Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Civil Rights, Educational History, Racial Integration, Self Help Programs, Unions

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Historical Materials

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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