Williams, who attempted to organize her father's workers for the Progressive Miners' Union. Her political interest was awakened by the Presbyterian minister, Claude C. Īfter graduating, Horton was determined to use her talents for the better good of the southern working class. She was a graduate of the College of the Ozarks University of the Ozarks, where she was trained as a classical musician. While some sources describe her as being of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage, others describe her as white. Her father was superintendent of the local coal mine which he later owned and operated, and her mother was a school teacher. She was the second child of Robert Guy Johnson and Ora Ermon Howard Johnson. Zilphia was born Zilphia Mae Johnson in the coal mining town of Spadra, Arkansas. She is best known for her work with her husband Myles Horton at the Highlander Folk School where she is generally credited with turning such songs as " We Shall Overcome", " We Shall Not Be Moved," and " This Little Light of Mine" from hymns into protest songs of the Civil Rights Movement. Zilphia Horton (Ap– April 11, 1956) was an American musician, community organizer, educator, Civil Rights activist, and folklorist.
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