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Wilkinson and Braden in Handcuffs
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Frank Wilkinson and Carl Braden at the time of their surrender to federal authorities. Both men had refused to testify to before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), based on the First Amendment rights, about their Communist associations. Their surrender came about after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected their First Amendment challenge. Wilkinson went on to establish the National Committee against Repressive Legislation which is credited in part with the eventual dissolution of HUAC.
May 1, 1961
Braden, Carl, 1914-1975; Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
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Carl and Anne Braden
1948
Informal portrait of social activists Carl and Anne Braden taken about the time of their marriage.
Anne Braden and SOC
Anne Braden (center) at an unidentified meeting of the SOC (Southern Organizing Committee) leadership.
Carl Braden
1955
Prison identification photograph of Carl Braden after his conviction for sedition.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Bradens
April 30, 1961
Pictured left to right are James Dombrowski, Carl and Anne Braden, Frank Wilkinson, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta King at a reception in Atlanta, Georgia.
Anne Braden
Civil rights activist Anne Braden speaking to a rally. Behind her is the Rev. Louis Coleman, also a local activist.
Gwen Patten
1991
Gwen Patton reporting on the Southern Rainbow Education Project to a conference called by the Southern Organizing Committee (SOC).
