Episode 103 – Highlander Folk School and the Civil Rights Movement with Elaine Weiss

Episode 103 – Highlander Folk School and the Civil Rights Movement with Elaine Weiss

0:00 Mar 3, 2026
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Elaine Weiss discusses her book, Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement. It is the story Highlander Folk School, an interracial training center for social change founded by a white southerner with roots in the labor movement. The school became a focal point inspiring Rosa Parks, Pete Seeger, and originating Citizenship […]
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