In Louisville Kentucky, civil rights activists from around the country gathered to pay tribute to Anne Braden who died last month at the age of 81. Braden was one of the leading white civil rights pioneers in the south. In 1954 she and her husband made national headlines when they bought a home in an all white neighborhood and signed it over to an African-American family. The Bradens were charged with sedition and the house was firebombed. Anne’s daughter Beth Braden said her mother was dedicated to fighting three things: racism, poverty and war. Speakers at Sunday’s memorial included Angela Davis and Bernice Johnson Reagon of the musical group Sweet Honey in the Rock.