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Myles Horton (with Judith and Herbert Kohl, preface by Bill Moyers), The Long Haul: an Autobiography. New York: Doubleday 1990.

In his own direct, modest, plain-spoken style, Myles tells the story of Highlander, which is really the story of American social history over the last sixty years. Here Rosa Parks studied and was inspired to her own historic act. Here, too, came Martin Luther King, Jr., Pete Seeger, Eleanor Roosevelt, and others.

Myles Horton and Paulo Freire, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990.

This book captures the dynamic spirit and thought of two of the most progressive adult educators in the history of adult education–an indispensible book for anyone who still believes that ordinary men and women can be helped to learn to take control over their own destinies and to create a humane, democratic and just society.

Aimee Isgrig Horton, The Highlander Folk School: A History of Its Major Programs, 1932-1961. Brooklyn: Carlson 1989.

This careful and detailed history of Highlander is a major contribution to twentieth-century southern history and provided the basis for much that is included in subsequent histories. It was adapted from Aimee’s doctoral dissertation at the University of Chicago, first written in 1971.

Frank Adams, Unearthing Seeds of Fire: The Idea of Highlander. New York: John Blair 1975.

John Glen, Highlander: No Ordinary School 1932-1962. Lexington: University of Kentucky 1988.

Two comprehensive histories of Highlander and the work of Myles Horton.