Highlander and Citizenship Schools: Correspondence, 1957-1988
Scope and Contents note
Includes letter from Highlander founder, Myles Horton, congratulating Robinson on being an excellent teacher at the Johns Island Adult School; letter from Robinson to Horton commenting on the tenuous status of the School; letter from staff member, Anne Lockwood offering Robinson a position with Robinson's reply; letter from Horton to Leslie Dunbar, executive director of the Field Foundation, requesting funding to collect oral histories from civil rights movement participants, which Robinson and Septima Clark would gather; letter from Horton congratulating Robinson regarding her campaign for the South Carolina State House of Representatives, with references to the historic value of the Highlander tapes; letter and photocopied newspaper clippings regarding attacks against the Center for its efforts to close the Bumpass Cove Sanitary Landfill, Tennennesse.
Dates
- Creation: 1954-1988
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Extent
From the Collection: 6.75 linear feet (15 archival boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository
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Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
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