Louisville in Jefferson County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Carl Braden Memorial Center / Home to Campaigns for Racial Justice

Carl Braden Memorial Center Marker image. Click for full size.

By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 26, 2020

1. Carl Braden Memorial Center Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Carl Braden Memorial Center Carl and Anne Braden were committed to bringing together people of color and white people to work for social and racial justice. National figures such as Dick Gregory, Angela Davis, Jesse Jackson, and Pete Seeger often joined the Bradens and local activists at the Center.
Univ. of Louisville Anne Braden Institute For Social
Justice Research & Carl Braden Memorial Center

Home to Campaigns for Racial Justice Home first to the Southern Conference Educational Fund & then the KY Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, the Braden Memorial Center has housed organizations working to end racism, war, & poverty since 1969. From Vietnam War resisters to the 1980s Rainbow Coalition to global peace activists, the Center has been a local hub for justice.

Erected 2019 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2602.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans

Home to Campaigns for Racial Justice Marker image. Click for full size.

By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 26, 2020

2. Home to Campaigns for Racial Justice Marker

• Civil Rights. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list.

Location. 38° 14.981′ N, 85° 48.38′ W. Marker is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County. Marker is on West Broadway west of South 32nd Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3208 West Broadway, Louisville KY 40211, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Muhammad Ali's Home Site / "Education Brings Self-Respect" — Muhammad Ali (approx. 0.6 miles away); Virginia Avenue Colored School (approx. 0.8 miles away); "Little Africa" (approx. 0.9 miles away); I. Willis Cole, 1887-1950 / Home of I. Willis Cole (approx. one mile away); Calvary Baptist Church (approx. 1.1 miles away); Home of Anne & Carl Braden / Civil Rights Landmark (approx. 1.3 miles away); Samuel M. Plato, 1882-1957 (approx. 1.4 miles away); Grave of Steamboat Captain (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Louisville.

Carl Braden Memorial Center / Home to Campaigns for Racial Justice Marker image. Click for full size.

By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 26, 2020

3. Carl Braden Memorial Center / Home to Campaigns for Racial Justice Marker

Carl and Anne Braden in Court image. Click for full size.

By Kentucky Educational Television, 1954

4. Carl and Anne Braden in Court

The Bradens purchased a house in an all-white Louisville suburb on behalf of a Black family. But a firestorm erupted when the family, the Wades, moved into their new home. The house was repeatedly vandalized and bombed, and the Bradens were accused of being part of a Communist conspiracy and tried for sedition. Carl was convicted and served several months in prison.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 30, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 30, 2020, by Duane Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 30 times since then and 3 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 30, 2020, by Duane Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.