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Publication: Introduction : Education for Liberation

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Publication Details
Title: Introduction : Education for Liberation
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Year: 1991
Source Details
Title: Social Policy Volume 21 Number 3
Pages: 2-6
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Description / Comments:
Traces the birth, development, and achievements of the
Highlander Folk School and the role played by its main
founder, Myles Norton. The school was active in challenging
worker and racial oppression through educating the poor and
working class, playing a critical role in the labor
movement of the 1930s. (CJS)
Topics / Keywords: Adult Education; Change Agents; Civil Rights; Educational History; Experimental Schools; Labor Demands; Labor Education; Nontraditional Education; Racial Bias; Racial Discrimination; Unions; Voluntary Desegregation
Section: Advocacy and Activism
Resource Type: Practice, Theory & Program Models
Location: Hanging Files
Copies: 1
Entry Date: November 7th 2005
Last Updated: December 10th 2007

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