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The Highlander Research and Education Center has been located near New Market, Tennessee, for 75 years.  The center has been involved in labor, civil rights, immigration, and a host of other issues since its inception.  For more information please visit http://www.highlandercenter.org and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander_Research_and_Education_Center.
Michael Honey teaches African-American, Ethnic and Labor Studies and American History.  He is a full professor at the University of Washington, Tacoma (UWT).  For more information about Mike, please visit http://faculty.washington.edu/mhoney/.

Heather Carawan is an independent filmmaker, writer and college professor based in Midland, Washington.  For more information about Heather, please visit http://www.heatcar.com/.

Guy Carawan is an American folk musician, and has served as Music Director and Song Leader for the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee.  He is famous for introducing the protest song "We Shall Overcome" to the American Civil Rights Movement.  For more information about Guy, please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Carawan.  For an audio entry from "All Things Considered" about the history of the song "We Shall Overcome", featuring Pete Seeger, Guy and Candie Carawan, and Dr. Bernice Johnson-Reagon, one of the founding members of the Freedom Singers, please visit http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1031839.

For more information about Guy and Candie Carawan, please visit http://digitalstudio.ucr.edu/studio_projects/carawan/default.html.

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Andrew Bacon  .  Co-Editor
Tahoma Organizer
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