Joan C. Browning

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Overview

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Joan C. Browning born Shiloh, GA July 25, 1942. Civil rights leader. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1961-64. Arrested as Freedom Rider, Albany, 1961; took part in nonviolent sit-ins, 1962, antiwar protests, 1964.

Quotations

"You had to be trained in non-violence and I had been trained by none other than the father on non-violence, the Rev.  James Lawson." (quote and photo Stamford Advocate, Jan. 18, 2015)