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Braden, Anne McCarty and Carl

Anne (1924-2006) and Carl (1914-1975) Braden were white activists with civil rights and labor groups in Louisville, KY. One of their many efforts occurred in 1954 when they assisted in the purchase of a house in Louisville on behalf of the Wade family; the Wades were African Americans, and the house was in a white neighborhood. The house was bombed, and the authorities, rather than arresting the responsible parties, charged the Bradens and five others with sedition - attempting to overthrow the state of Kentucky. Anne Braden was born in Louisville and reared in Alabama. She was a reporter who left Alabama for a job with the Louisville Times newspaper. For more see Subversive Southerner and Once Comes the Moment to Decide (thesis), both by C. Fosl; and The Wall Between, by A. Braden. View Ann Braden's interview in "Living the Story: The Rest of the Story," a Civil Rights in Kentucky Oral History Project.

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NKAA Source: The Louisville times (newspaper) 1885-1987
NKAA Source: Subversive southerner : Anne Braden and the struggle for racial justice in the Cold War South
NKAA Source: Once comes the moment to decide: Anne Braden and the civil rights movement (thesis)
NKAA Source: The wall between / Anne Braden, with a new epilogue ; foreword by Julian Bond

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