Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1932 -
Historical Information
Highlander Research and Education Center, formerly Highlander Folk School, is a social justice training center for emerging leaders in grassroots organizing and movement building.
In the 1950s-1960s, it played a crucial role in the Civil Rights movement by providing workshops and trainings to future movement leaders and was the incubator for many important civil rights initiatives such as the Montgomery bus boycott, Citizenship Schools, and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
In the 1950s-1960s, it played a crucial role in the Civil Rights movement by providing workshops and trainings to future movement leaders and was the incubator for many important civil rights initiatives such as the Montgomery bus boycott, Citizenship Schools, and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Citation
88 years of fighting for justice. (n.d.). Highlander Research and Education Center. https://highlandercenter.org/our-history-timeline/Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Mary O'Hara papers on Helen Bass Williams
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311
Overview
This collection documents Dr. Mary O'Hara's research into and relationship with Helen Bass Williams and includes research notes, correspondence, oral history recordings, interview transcripts, and published materials.
Dates:
1951 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1985 - 2000