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75th Anniversary
Press & Online Coverage

• "Highlander 75th Anniversary";
  Bobby Mitchell; Coal River Mountain Watch Messenger; Winter 2007.
  www.crmw.net/newsletter.php?issue=winter2007
  &title=Highlander-75th-Anniversary-
  
  
• "East Tennessee Landmark Celebrates 75 Years";
  LaSaundra Brown; Live at Five, WBIR, Knoxville; 2/21/08.
  Focuses on Highlander's role in the Civil Rights Movement, with interviews with Pam McMichael, Candie Carawan, and Guy Carawan (text & video).
  www.wbir.com/life/programming/local/
  liveatfive/story.aspx?storyid=54823
  
  
• "Will Democracy Survive in the 21st Century? Why Progressive Leaders Need to Know About Cultural Organizing"
  Judi Jennings, Huffington Post, 10/30/07.
  Highlights Jennings' analysis and notes from Highlander's 75th Anniversary Gathering.
  www.huffingtonpost.com/judi-jennings/will-
  democracy-survive-in_b_70403.html
  
  
• "School at Center of Civil Rights Battle Celebrates 75 Years"
  Travis Loller; Associated Press; 9/23/07
  - Diverse Issues in Higher Education:
  http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/
  publish/article_9536.shtml
  - Jacksonville Clarion-Ledger:
  www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/
  article?AID=/20070923/NEWS/70923006
  - WKRN (Nashville, TN)
  www.wkrn.com/nashville/news/ap-school-at-center-of-
  civil-rights-battle-celebrates-75-years/119646.htm
  
  
• "Highlander Center at 75: Making a Difference"
  Editorial, Knoxville News-Sentinel, 9/5/07
  www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/sep/05/
  highlander-center-75-making-difference/
  
  
• "Eye on the Scene: On the Porch at Highlander"
  Kevin Crowe, Metro Pulse (Knoxville, TN), n.d.
  www.metropulse.com/articles/2007/17_36/eye.html
  
  
• Highlander: A Weekend on the Hill
  Clare Hanrahan, 9/3/07
  www.ashevilleontheground.blogspot.com/2007/09/
  highlander-weekend-on-hill.html
  
  
• "Rebeldes estadunidenses llaman a globalizar movimientos sociales"
  David Books, La Jornada, 9/3/07
  www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/09/03/index.php?
  section=mundo&article=029n1mun
  
  
• "Highlander Celebrates 75 Years of Social Activism"
  Audie Cornish; Weekend Edition, National Public Radio, 9/2/07:
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?
  storyId=14106495
  
  
• "Highlanders Gather for Benefit: Civil-Rights Group Waltz [sic] into 75th Anniversary with Music, Dancing, Hunger for Justice"
  Brad Williams, Knoxville News-Sentinel, 9/1/07:
  http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/sep/01/
  highlanders-gather-for-benefit/
  
  
• "We Shall Still Overcome: Highlander Folk School Celebrates 75th Anniversary"
  Jeff Biggers; New America Media, 91/07
  http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?
  article_id=0279f6afb9bb3cf3883f5ad443ed969b
  
  
• "Highlander Center Celebrates 75 Years of Helping Working People"
  James Parks; AFL-CIO Now Blog, 9/1/07
  http://blog.aflcio.org/?tag=Highlander
  %20Research%20and%20Education%20Center
  
  
• "Setenta y cinco años de rebeldía en EU"
  David Brooks, La Jornada; 1 de septiembre de 2007
  http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/09/01/index.php?
  section=mundo&article=036n1mun
  
  English translation:
  "Seventy five years of rebellion in the U.S."
  www.highlandercenter.org/pdf-files/
  la-jornada-english.pdf
  
  republished in El Clarín de Chile, 9/1/07
  www.elclarin.cl/index.php?option=com_content
  &task=view&id=8312&Itemid=46
  
  
• Highlander 75th Anniversary
  Audio clips from Highlander's 75th Anniversary Celebration, recorded by Mark Torres for Pacifica Radio; Audioport.org, n.d.; (must be a Pacifica Radio affiliate station to play or download)
  http://www.audioport.org/index.php?
  op=program-info&program_id=13388
  
  
• "Dr. Reagon returns once more to the center that's inspired her and aided the Civil Rights Movement"
  Steve Wildsmith; The Daily Times (Maryville, TN); 8/31/07
  www.thedailytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/
  article?AID=/20070831/ENT/70830025
  
  
• Freedom singer versed in history: Highland Center celebrates 75th year with program
  Lisa Scholl, Knoxville News-Sentinel, 8/31/07
  www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/aug/31/
  freedom-singerversed-in-history/
  
  
• "Education center turns attention to immigration issues"
  Lisa Scholl, Knoxville News-Sentinel, 8/30/07
  www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/aug/30/
  education-center-turns-attention-immigration-issue/
  
  
• "In the Belly of the Beast, the Heart of Resistance"
  Elizabeth Wright, Knoxville Voice, 8/23/07
  www.knoxvoice.com/features/feature-articles/in-
  the-belly-of-the-beast-the-heart-of-resistance-29.html
  
  
• Event celebrates 75 years of social justice
  John Larson; Tacoma Weekly; 8/2/07
  /www.tacomaweekly.com/article/946

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