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75TH SAMPLER SONGBOOK
The 75th Sampler Songbook is a zine-style compilation of historical and contemporary songs representing the music of the people for whom Highlander works. This small offering is a preview of a more comprehensive book entitled Harmonies From the Hill that will incorporate songs, stories, writings, and photographs collected by past leaders of Highlander’s Cultural Program, including Zilphia Horton, Guy Carawan, Jane Sapp, and Tufara Waller Muhammad. $3.00 |
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HIGHLANDER, NO ORDINARY SCHOOL
By John Glen.
Winner of the 1986 Appalachian Award, this highly researched text provides a detailed description of Highlander from 1932-1962. This new edition looks at the years since 1962. Written from a historical perspective, the book examines Highlander's shaky beginnings, its work with union education, and involvement with the Civil Rights Movement.
University of Tennessee, paperback, 413 pages, revised edition 1996. $36.00 |
HIGHLANDER: AN APPROACH TO EDUCATION PRESENTED THROUGH A COLLECTION OF WRITINGS
This collection of 26 articles provides an in-depth focus on Highlander’s approach to adult education. Through chapters dealing with Myles Horton, residential workshops, learning in community, and participatory research and culture, the articles address the process of how adults learn about issues and become empowered to initiate action to change unjust systems.
Spiral bound, 338 pages, 1989. $30.00 |
THE LONG HAUL: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
By Myles Horton, with Herbert and Judith Kohl
In his own direct, modest, plain-spoken style, Myles Horton tells the story of the Highlander Folk School. A major catalyst for social change in the United States for over sixty years, this school has touched the lives of so many people, including Jane Addams, Reinhold Niebuhr, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Pete Seeger. Filled with disarmingly honest insight and gentle humor, The Long Haul is an inspiring hymn to the possibility of social change.
Teachers College Press, paperback, 256 pages, 1997. Regular $19.95, On Sale For $16.95 |
THE MYLES HORTON READER: EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
Compiled by Dale Jacobs
The Myles Horton Reader is a collection of essays, speeches, and interviews by and with Myles Horton, the founder of Highlander. Horton saw education as a way to change the world collectively, rather than as a means for individual advancement, and his work at Highlander was critical to the development of three different social justice movements in the South: the union movement in the 1930’s and 1940’s, the civil rights movement in the 1950’s and 1960’s, and the environmental justice movement in the 1970’s and 1980’s.
University of Tennessee Press, paperback, 360 pages, 2003.
$29.95 |
READY FROM WITHIN: SEPTIMA CLARK AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
By Septima Clark. Edited and Introduced by Cynthia Stokes Brown.
This first person narrative portrays the story of Septima Clark's involvement with the Civil Rights Movement. Often unrecognized, Ms. Clark developed many Citizenship Schools throughout the South while working for the Highlander Folk School. Then, in the 60's, she worked with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and was a close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Africa World Press, paperback, 134 pages, 3rd printing 1999. $14.95 |
UNEARTHING SEEDS OF FIRE: THE IDEA OF HIGHLANDER
By Frank Adams
Since 1932, Highlander has played a pivotal role in southern peoples' struggles for justice and democracy. Adams brings to life the stories of dozens of men and women who discovered their strength and courage at Highlander - the strength to rise up and the courage to prevail.
John F. Blair Publishers, paperback, 255 pages, 1975. Regular $12.95, On Sale For $10.00 |
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WEAVING THREADS OF JUSTICE: HIGHLANDER CENTER'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK OF YEARS
Weaving Threads of Justice features amazing photographs from Highlander's archives, a timeline of Highlander's work from the 1930s to the present, a bibliography of books and videos about Highlander, and more. Prepared for Highlander's 75th Anniversary Celebration. $10.00 |
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WE MAKE THE ROAD BY WALKING - CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN PAULO FREIRE AND MYLES HORTON
Edited by John Gaventa, John Peters, Brenda Bell.
This dialogue between two of the most prominent thinkers on social change in the twentieth century is highly recommended. Horton and Freire discuss the nature of social change, empowerment and literacy, through their own unique experience.
Temple University Press, paperback, 256 pages, 1991. $24.95 |
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