Myles Horton

Myles Horton

male, deceased (1990)
Methodist, Savannah, socialist, Educator, alma mater, HighlanderResearchandEducationCenter…Highlander Folk School
Myles Horton (July 5, 1905 - January 1990) was an American educator, socialist and cofounder of the Highlander Folk School, famous for its role in...
Guy Carawan

Guy Carawan

male, 82 years old
Charleston, we shall overcome, asbestos, Winthrop College, American Civil Rights Movement, East Tennessee…HighlanderResearchandEducationCenter
Guy Carawan (b. Los Angeles, California, United States, July 27, 1927) is an American folk musician, and Music Director and Song Leader for the...
John Gaventa

John Gaventa

male, 60 years old
University of Tennessee, Global citizen action, Institute of Development Studies, HighlanderResearchandEducationCenter, MacArthur Award, Rhodes Scholarship…director of the Development Research Center, Ultimate Highlander Research and Education Center
John Gaventa has worked for more than 25 years in both northern and southern contexts on issues of citizen participation, power, participatory...
Ron Short

Ron Short

male
University of Virginia, director, south, delacorte press, Clinch Valley College, University of Illinois Press
Ron Short, a native of the Appalachian Mountains of Dickenson County, Virginia, has worked at Roadside Theater for the past 26 years as a...