Myles Horton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Myles Horton

American educator

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1905

Place of Birth: Savannah, Georgia, United States

Date of Death: 19-Jan-1990

Profession: teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Not to be confused with the Canadian hockey player Miles G.'Tim' Horton Myles Falls Horton (July 9, 1905 – January 19, 1990) was an American educator, socialist, and co-founder of the Highlander Folk School, famous for its role in the Civil Rights Movement (Movement leader James Bevel called Horton "The Father of the Civil Rights Movement").
Horton taught and heavily influenced most of the era's leaders.
They included the reverend Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks (who studied with Horton shortly before her decision to keep her seat on the Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955), John Lewis, James Bevel, Bernard Lafayette, Ralph Abernathy, John B.
Thompson, and many others.



Alternative names	Anne-Marie Schwarzenbach
Description	Swiss writer, journalist and photographer
Date of birth/death	23 May 1908	15 November 1942
Location of birth/death	Zürich	Sils im Engadin/Segl
Authority control	: Q123368 VIAF: 90718301 ISNI: 0000 0001 2282 8894 LCCN: nr91013429 Open Library: OL260246A GND: 118997718 WorldCat