Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South
Anne McCarty Braden (1924-2006) rejected her segregationist, privileged past to become one of the civil rights movement's staunchest white allies. In 1954 she was charged with sedition by McCarthy-style politicians who played on fears of communism to preserve southern segregation. Though Braden remained controversial-even within the civil rights movement-in 1963 she became one of only five white southerners whose contributions to the movement were commended by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in his famed Letter from Birmingham Jail. Braden's activism ultimately spanned nearly six decades, making her one of the most enduring white voices against r…
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Weitere Autoren: Davis, Angela Y. (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-0-8131-9172-0
- EAN: 9780813191720
- Produktnummer: 2340233
- Verlag: Univ Pr Of Kentucky
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 418 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.7 cm 745 g
- Gewicht: 745
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Catherine Fosl teaches women's and gender studies and communication at the University of Louisville. She is the author of Women for All Seasons.
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