The Long Haul

The autobiography of Myles Horton, organizer, and an originator of popular education. This book traces Horton's evolution as an organizer, from growing up in Tennessee, studying at Union Seminary, learning from Jane Addams at the Hull House settlement house, traveling to Denmark to learn about Danish Folk Schools, and back to Appalachia where he founded the Highlander School. Highlander became a center of labor and civil rights organizing, holding workshops and training a generation of organizers.