Anne McCarty Braden | |
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| Born | Anne Gambrell McCarty July 28, 1924 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | March 6, 2006 (aged 81) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Randolph-Macon Woman's College |
| Occupation(s) | Civil rights activist, journalist, educator |
| Political party | Progressive Party of 1948 |
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| Spouse | Carl Braden |
| Awards | American Civil Liberties Union's Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty |
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 "Anne Braden: Southern Patriot", California Newsreel | |
| A Riveting Biography of a Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden – Civil Rights (2003) |
Anne McCarty Braden (July 28, 1924 – March 6, 2006) was an American civil rights activist, journalist, and educator dedicated to the cause of racial equality.[1] She and her husband bought a suburban house for an African American couple during Jim Crow. White neighbors burned crosses and bombed the house. During McCarthyism, Anne was charged with sedition. She wrote and organized for the southern civil rights movement before violations became national news. Anne was among nation's most outspoken white anti-racist activists, organizing across racial divides in environmental, women's, and anti-nuclear movements.