Quote of the day
How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture.
Myles Horton

Born: July 9, 1905
Died: January 19, 1990 (aged 84)
Bio: Myles Falls Horton was an American educator, socialist and cofounder of the Highlander Folk School, famous for its role in the Civil Rights Movement. Horton taught and heavily influenced most of the era's leaders.
Known for:
- We make the road by walking (1990)
- The Long Haul: An Autobiography
- The Myles Horton Reader