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Myles Horton  

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  • Myles Horton was an organizer, educator, activist, and philosopher who lived and worked at the Highlander Folk School, now Highlander Research and Education Center, in Tennessee. Horton created educative experiences for himself and others that were rooted in progressive philosophies of education. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Horton, Myles (1905–1990)]

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