Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Catherine FoslSeries:Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the TwenPublish date:2006-08-01Pages:464
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813191720ISBN-10:813191726UPC:9780813191720Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Historical, Political, WomenSize:9.24 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SC9ZRA0HQF
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
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813191720ISBN-10:813191726UPC:9780813191720Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Historical, Political, WomenSize:9.24 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SC9ZRA0HQF
Catherine Fosl is an assistant professor of Women's and Gender Studies and director of the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research at the University of Louisville. She is the author of Women for All Seasons: The Story of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
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