1. Anne Braden and The Civil Rights Movement James Stewart 12/03/13 Race and Revolution

2. Biography Born Anne McCarty in Louisville, Kentucky in 1924 to a middle-class white family. Attended Randolph-Macon College in Virginia. Newspaper work with the Anniston Star, the Birmingham News, the Age-Herald, and the Times. Married Carl Braden while working for the Times. Anne and Carl Braden left newspaper work to become publicists and fought against segregation. The Bradens sold a House to the Wade family and were charged with sedition. Southern Educational Fund

3. Biography (Continued) Used her paper the Southern Patriot to urge people for Integration. Fall 1957: Highlander Folk School and Martin Luther King Jr. July 1958: Published The Wall Between. Gave one of the first analytical reports of the 1960’s sit-ins. Continued Social Justice work until she died in 2006.

5. Anne Braden in American Memory Academia- Books about the Civil Rights Movements Catharine Fosl and the University of Louisville Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research Landmarks in Louisville Documentary

6. Why is Anne Braden Not Remembered? She was a female and a feminist. She was white. She was an alleged communist. She was radical in her views. She was not located in the heart of the Civil Rights Movement.

8. Conclusion  Anne Braden was an influential publicist for the Civil Rights Movement and worked towards women’s equality.  Braden is remember in Louisville and Academia.  Braden is almost forgotten in American Memory.

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