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Editore: Palgrave MacMillan, 2002
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- Titolo
- Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South
- Autore
- Catherine Fosl
- Editore
- Palgrave MacMillan
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 2002
- Condizione
- acceptable
- Rilegatura
- Rilegato
- Lingua
- inglese
- ISBN 10
- 0312294875
- ISBN 13
- 9780312294878
The first biography of the legendary southern civil rights crusader introduces readers to the contributions of this extraordinary woman, and the witch hunt that targeted her in the 1950s.
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'Fosl's account of anti-Communism is sure-footed and matter-of-fact...' - The New York Times Book Review
'Fosl conveys the bravery and uncompromising convictions that made Anne Braden an important figure...' - Library Journal
'Now, Fosl...gives Braden the recognition she rightly deserves. Recommended.' - P.D. Travis, Choice
'Subversive Southerner is an excellent and inspiring read.' - Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, The Progressive
'...excellent biographies based on extensive research...' - Jo Freeman, Women's Review of Books
'When the civil rights struggle engulfed the South, Anne Braden was one of the courageous few who crossed the color line to fight for racial justice. Her history is a proud and fascinating one ... Please read this book.' - Reverend Jesse L Jackson, Sr
'Anne Braden's life as a social activist spans more than half a century, and her story is as instructive as it is inspirational. The old cliché certainly applies here: I could not put this book down, and did not want it to end.' - John Dittmer, Crandall Professor of History, DePaul University and author of Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
'This book will join a critical debate on the impact of the cold war on the civil rights movement.... As important, it will take its place among the very best of the feminist biographies that have changed the way women imagine—and live—their lives.' - Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, Spruill Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
'...Catherine Fosl lays out the searing costs, public and private, to...Anne Braden's family...' - Anniston Star
'...a compelling picture of a person committed to the cause of racial justice.' - David L. Hudson Jr., Nashville Tennessean
'Fosl conveys the bravery and uncompromising convictions that made Anne Braden an important figure...' - Library Journal
'Now, Fosl...gives Braden the recognition she rightly deserves. Recommended.' - P.D. Travis, Choice
'Subversive Southerner is an excellent and inspiring read.' - Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, The Progressive
'...excellent biographies based on extensive research...' - Jo Freeman, Women's Review of Books
'When the civil rights struggle engulfed the South, Anne Braden was one of the courageous few who crossed the color line to fight for racial justice. Her history is a proud and fascinating one ... Please read this book.' - Reverend Jesse L Jackson, Sr
'Anne Braden's life as a social activist spans more than half a century, and her story is as instructive as it is inspirational. The old cliché certainly applies here: I could not put this book down, and did not want it to end.' - John Dittmer, Crandall Professor of History, DePaul University and author of Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
'This book will join a critical debate on the impact of the cold war on the civil rights movement.... As important, it will take its place among the very best of the feminist biographies that have changed the way women imagine—and live—their lives.' - Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, Spruill Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
'...Catherine Fosl lays out the searing costs, public and private, to...Anne Braden's family...' - Anniston Star
'...a compelling picture of a person committed to the cause of racial justice.' - David L. Hudson Jr., Nashville Tennessean
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