The Wall Between
- by Anne Braden
More resources on Anne Braden
Anne Braden in the news
Louisville Courier-Journal stories:
Louisville activist to be honored for decades of battling racism - December 12, 1999
Work of civil-rights activist Anne Braden celebrated - December 13, 1999
Exhibit shows tumult, success of open-housing movement - April 1, 2000
Human Rights Commission celebrates 40 years - Anne Braden nominee; July 18, 2000
At 73, activist is just starting as a teacher Kentucky Post, October 24, 1997
Wasn't That a Time? A Century of Struggle. A Century of Repression Anne Braden profiled in a special Center for Civil Rights photographic exhibit
Racial fight alive: Civil rights leaders speak Cincinnati Enquirer, November 15, 1997
Activists Detail Voter Intimidation History Listen to RealAudio interview which includes Anne Braden, conducted November 3, 1998 on Democracy NOW! [Scroll down.]
Mass. students, faculty protest race practices Massachusetts Daily Collegian, March 11, 1999
Proceedings of Ending the Cold War at Home: A National Conference, winter 1991, Washington, DC; with long comment by Anne Braden. [Scroll about 3/4 of the way down the page to read her comments.]
More biographical information
Kentucky Women Two pages from this book contain biographical information written by Braden historian Catherine Fosl. (In .pdf format; requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to open.)
Activist To Tell Her Story AcaMedia, News for the Smith College Community, February 25, 1999
[Scroll about one-third of the way down the page to see story with good background information on Braden.]
short bio Lexington Herald-Leader, April 1, 1999
manuscript collection presented to the University of Tennessee Library in 1968 by Carl and Anne Braden
quote from Anne Braden in support of the activist organization Political Research Associates
The Environmental Justice Project (EJP), sponsored by the Southern Organizing Committee for Economic & Social Justice, lists Anne Braden, co-chair and active citizen of Louisville, KY, as a contact.
Related background materials
The Sedition Act of 1918
Remarks of Senator Jesse Helms Congressional Record, October 3, 1983. Helms associates Martin Luther King Jr. with the Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA). In the body of the document, Carl Braden is identified as a member of the CPUSA. Helms also identifies Anne Braden as a member of the Communist Party and as active within the leadership of the "Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF), essentially a Communist front organization."
"Red-Baiting Packet" from the Bill of Rights Foundation. A collection of material concerning McCarthy-style smear attacks, both old and new. Includes essays by long-time activists Anne Braden and Frank Wilkinson. $2 from BORF, Suite 1400, 220 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605.
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