Horton, Myles
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1905 - 1990
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Myles Horton oral history interview, December 5, 1989
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series Series C: ; Series Series D: ; Series Series E: ; Series Series F: ; Series Series G: ; Series Series H: ; Series Series I: ; Series Series J: ; Series Series K: ; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV
Identifier: Horton, M_19891205_(P1990-03)
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Peggy Bulger. Among topics discussed: Southern Conference For Human Welfare; CIO organizing; black and white student interaction; Southern Exposure; Operation Dixie and Highlander Folk Center; Frank Graham; Palmetto Country; Zora Neale Hurston; Zilphia Horton; role of folk music; legal attacks on Highlander; Woody Guthrie; Pete Seeger; Kennedy's problems with U.S. immigration officials; use of popular language; personal assessment of Kennedy; Alan Lomax.
Dates:
December 5, 1989