Abstract
Anne Braden: Southern Patriot provides a moving, in-depth biography of an organizer and journalist who for a remarkable 60 years participated in the most significant movements for racial and economic justice in this country’s most conservative region - the South. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. praised her steadfast activism in support of civil rights and civil liberties, but she was threatened, attacked, indicted and labeled a “Communist agitator” and “race traitor” by white supremacists. Her conservative background gave her special insight into white racism, why it poses such a great obstacle to social change in this country and what progressive white people can do to end it.
Braden’s work as a journalist in Alabama and Kentucky in the late 1940’s along with her husband, Carl's, activities with unions and the small yet energetic left-wing community in the South, made her sensitive to the social inequalities all around her. In 1951, Braden joined a delegation of white women who traveled to Mississippi to prevent the execution of Willie McGee, a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. Her experience in that case and others led her to write “A Letter to White Southern Women” a groundbreaking – and controversial - statement on the intersection of race and gender.
Braden’s work as a journalist in Alabama and Kentucky in the late 1940’s along with her husband, Carl's, activities with unions and the small yet energetic left-wing community in the South, made her sensitive to the social inequalities all around her. In 1951, Braden joined a delegation of white women who traveled to Mississippi to prevent the execution of Willie McGee, a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. Her experience in that case and others led her to write “A Letter to White Southern Women” a groundbreaking – and controversial - statement on the intersection of race and gender.
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Braden, Anne, -- 1924-2006, Women civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography, Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography, Women, White -- Southern States -- Biography, African Americans -- Segregation, Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century, African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century, Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
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01:16:37 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
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adult/continuing education, higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college
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2012-01-01
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