Stetson Kennedy
October 4, 2016 -
This Oct. 5 marks 100 years since the birth of Stetson Kennedy, the Florida writer and human rights activist who died in 2011 at the age of 94. The nonprofit foundation he launched while still alive is marking the occasion with a series of events that start this week with a biographical drama of Kennedy's life — and what a life it was.
December 13, 2012 -
Today's right-to-work movement can trace its origins to the Jim Crow and Red Scare South.
October 13, 2011 -
The writer, folklorist, human-rights activist and Klan buster died in his home state of Florida in August at age 94. Earlier this month, friends and family gathered at his home to remember him and hear a eulogy by his friend Erick Dittus.
August 30, 2011 -
Stetson Kennedy passed away on Saturday, Aug. 27. He was 94 years old. Stetson died peacefully in the presence of his beloved wife, Sandra Parks, at Baptist Medical Center South in St.
December 1, 1980 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 8 No. 4, "Winter's Promise." Find more from that issue here.