Highlander Research and Education Center

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Highlander_Research_and_Education_Center

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:nonprofit_organization
gptkbp:focus	civil rights labor rights social justice popular education
gptkbp:formerPosition	gptkb:Monteagle,_Tennessee
gptkbp:foundedIn	1932
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:James_A._Dombrowski gptkb:Don_West gptkb:Myles_Horton
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Highlander Research and Education Center
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement LGBTQ rights environmental justice youth leadership immigrant rights labor organizing Appalachian activism popular education movement
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:New_Market,_Tennessee
gptkbp:mission	support grassroots organizing for justice, equality, and sustainability in the South and Appalachia
gptkbp:movedTo	gptkb:New_Market,_Tennessee
gptkbp:notableAlumni	gptkb:Septima_Clark gptkb:Andrew_Young gptkb:Ella_Baker gptkb:James_Bevel gptkb:John_Lewis gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr. gptkb:Rosa_Parks gptkb:Stokely_Carmichael gptkb:Pete_Seeger gptkb:Guy_Carawan gptkb:Zilphia_Horton gptkb:Diane_Nash gptkb:Bernice_Johnson_Reagon gptkb:Anne_Braden
gptkbp:notableEmployee	gptkb:Guy_Carawan gptkb:Zilphia_Horton gptkb:Candie_Carawan gptkb:Myles_Horton gptkb:Allyn_Maxfield-Steele gptkb:Ash-Lee_Woodard_Henderson
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:citizenship_schools civil rights workshops development of 'We Shall Overcome' labor education programs training for Montgomery Bus Boycott
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:Appalachian_Transition_Fellowship gptkb:Highlander_Reports gptkb:Seeds_of_Fire_program gptkb:We_Shall_Overcome_songbook
gptkbp:originalName	gptkb:Highlander_Folk_School
gptkbp:status	active
gptkbp:taxStatus	gptkb:nonprofit_organization
gptkbp:website	https://highlandercenter.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Guy_Carawan
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6