Southern Historian
"An achievement that deftly integrates biography with both regional and national history."
and her Anne Braden's life as a social activist spans more than half a century
David L. Hudson Jr., Nashville Tennessean
Fosl...gives Braden the recognition she rightly de Now
Library Journal
Sr. Reverend Jesse Jackson
Her history is a proud and fascinating one.... Please read this book.
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""An achievement that deftly integrates biography with both regional and national history."" -- Southern Historian
"David L. Hudson Jr., Nashville Tennessean" -- Anne Braden's life as a social activist spans more than half a century, and her
"Her history is a proud and fascinating one.... Please read this book." -- Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr.
"Library Journal" -- Now, Fosl...gives Braden the recognition she rightly deserves.
JUNE 2016 - AudioFile
Narrator Sara Morsey's conversational style is ideal for this biography of Civil Rights activist Anne McCarty Braden. Braden was born to a privileged white Southern family but changed after observing the "Southern police state" of her time when she became a journalist. Braden is a fascinating figure who observed that Southern newspapers ignored black issues, including murder, and used the Cold War against the Civil Rights movement. Morsey uses a Southern accent only for quotes from such such figures as Civil Rights leader Julian Bond and colorful Alabama governor and activist Big Jim Folsom. Listeners will be gratified by this unique overview of Civil Rights history featuring a woman who is commended in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail.” A glimpse of Braden's family life adds poignancy to Fosi's well-researched biography. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine