Joan Browning
Joan Constance Browning is a Freedom Rider and civil rights activist known for her participation in non-violent protests in the southern United States in the 1960s.
Biography
Browning was born and raised in rural Georgia, and started college in 1959 at
At the age of 19 she became one of the Freedom Riders who traveled the south in 1961,[4] where she joined the racially mixed group of people traveling south. She was arrested in Albany, Georgia and was the only white women to be put in jail where she spent a total of five days.[2]: 229–231 After she was released from jail, she spoke to the group about her feelings and noted "It's a funny, mixed-up feeling to hate being in a dirty place — but to be glad that you're there for a good reason".[2]: 231
Browning's role in the civil rights movement was also detailed in the book The Road South, B. J. Hollars' book about the Freedom Riders.[5]
Browning would go on to graduate from West Virginia State College, now known as West Virginia State University in 1994.[1] She shares her experiences in the civil rights movement in public events as a means to engage young people,[6] and she writes on the historical details of the civil rights movement using biographies such as her article on the activist Fannie Lou Hamer.[7]
Selected publications
- Browning, Joan C. (January 2022). "For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer". Alabama Review. 55 (1): 56–58 – via ProQuest.
- Curry, Constance (2000). Deep in our hearts : nine white women in the Freedom Movement. Athens.
- Browning, Joan C. (1996). "Invisible Revolutionaries: White Women in Civil Rights Historiography". Journal of Women's History. 8 (3): 186–204. S2CID 144476747.
Awards and honors
In 2000, Browning received the West Virginia Martin Luther King Jr. "Living the Dream Award".[9] In 2005, Browning received the Martin Luther King Achievement Award from West Virginia University.[10]
References
- ^ a b "Full Resume – Joan Browning". Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-684-85012-2.
- ^ Johnson, Rheta Grimsley (1996-01-14). "For rights pioneer, time marches, but convictions remain". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 41. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ a b "Civil rights experiences in the spotlight". Clarion-Ledger. 2002-04-20. p. 16. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- OCLC 1031468795.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ Hollars, B.J. (2021-10-15). "Democracy demands memory, action - just ask a Freedom Rider". Leader-Telegram. pp. [1], [2]. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- Alabama Review. 55 (1): 56–58 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Reviews
- Garrow, David J. (2001). Curry, Constance; Browning, Joan C.; Burlage, Dorothy Dawson; Patch, Penny; Del Pozzo, Theresa; Thrasher, Sue; DeLott Baker, Elaine; Adams, Emmie Schrader; Hayden, Casey (eds.). "Requiem for a Dream". The Wilson Quarterly. 25 (2): 112–114. JSTOR 40260195.
- Brownmiller, Susan (2001). Curry, Constance; Browning, Joan C. (eds.). "The Time of Their Lives". The Women's Review of Books. 18 (5): 20. JSTOR 4023605.
- McCandless, Amy Thompson (2001). "Review of Deep in Our Hearts: Nine White Women in the Freedom Movement". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 85 (1): 170–172. JSTOR 40584401.
- Garrow, David J. (2001). Curry, Constance; Browning, Joan C.; Burlage, Dorothy Dawson; Patch, Penny; Del Pozzo, Theresa; Thrasher, Sue; DeLott Baker, Elaine; Adams, Emmie Schrader; Hayden, Casey (eds.). "Requiem for a Dream". The Wilson Quarterly. 25 (2): 112–114.
- ^ "Freedom rider slated to speak at Millsaps". The Northside Sun. 2002-04-25. p. 21. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ^ "WVUToday Archive". wvutoday-archive.wvu.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
External links
- Civil Rights Digital Library, entry on Joan Browning
- Oral history interview with Joan Browning, 2001
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