Highlander Folk School

When people think of the civil rights movement, they often think of Selma or Montgomery, Ala., Atlanta or Memphis.

Maybe they should think of Grundy County, Tenn.

After all, it was at the Highlander Folk School in Grundy County that early civil rights strategy was mapped out. At Highlander, white and black activists — including Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks — met in the 1950s to talk about how they might change the South. It was at Highlander that many civil rights leaders trained

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