Anne McCarty Braden: American civil rights activist, journalist, and educator

Louisville native Anne McCarty Braden turned her back on a promising career as a newspaperwoman to dedicate herself to fierce advocacy for racial and social justice for almost half a century. Charged twice with sedition and arrested multiple times, Braden remained an outspoken writer and organizer locally until her death in 2006. Dr. Catherine Fosl, professor emerita at UofL and co-founder of the UofL Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, will examine how Braden’s message has helped to shape our community, and why it still resonates today. Recorded: 3-26-2024