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Anne Braden

American activist (1924-2006) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 81

Anne McCarty Braden was an American civil rights activist, journalist, and educator dedicated to the cause of racial equality. She and her husband bought a suburban house for an African American couple during Jim Crow. White neighbors burned crosses and bombed the house.

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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.

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United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1924 to 2006 · aged 81