A legacy of equality: Revisiting the Highlander Folk School and its role in the American civil rights movement 

Although largely forgotten, a little-known Tennessee schoolhouse erstwhile powerfully influenced the U.S. Civil Rights question and its leaders, while preserving Southern Appalachian culture. Its inspiring interaction connected the lives of 2 participants — one Black, 1 white — have lessons for today, according to the writer of a caller book.  For Richard Dillingham in the aboriginal 1960s, economical prospects were bleak for a mediocre white…