Back to Search Start Over

The Siege at Highlander.

Authors :
Wakefield, Dan
Source :
Nation; 11/7/1959, Vol. 189 Issue 15, p323-325, 3p
Publication Year :
1959

Abstract

The article examines a trial in Grundy County, Tennessee in which a public prosecutor of the state brought charges against the Highlander Folk School, an integrated private school, to have the school closed as a public nuisance. The testimony of prosecution witnesses and statements by District Attorney A. F. Sloan are considered in relationship to opposition to racial integration among white.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00278378
Volume :
189
Issue :
15
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Nation
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
13400056