Anne Braden Oral History Project
Oral history interviews conducted between 1989 and 1999 about civil rights activist Anne Braden.
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Creator
Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
Date of Original
1989/1999
Subject
Civil rights workers--Interviews
Civil rights workers
Women civil rights workers--Interviews
People
Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
Braden, Anne, 1924-2006--Interviews
Location
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
Medium
oral histories (literary works)
Type
Sound, Text
Description
This project focuses on the life of Anne Braden, an anti-racist activist, organizer, and journalist. These interviews were conducted by Cate Fosl for her oral history based biography on Anne Braden, Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South (2006). Interviewees include Anne Braden, as well as her coworkers, mentees, and friends. Specifically discussed is Anne's life growing up, her career as a writer, particularly at the Louisville Times, and her marriage to Carl Braden. Other topics include the Braden's involvement in the civil rights movement, their association with the Wade family, and their sedition trial in 1954. Interviews also contain discussions about the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Ghandi Corps.
Contributing Institution
Kentucky Digital Library
Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History
University of Kentucky
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