Highlander Research and Education Center

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Predicate Object
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