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Pauli Murray: The Autobiography of a Black Activist, Feminist, Lawyer, Priest, and Poet
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Pauli Murray
Pauli Murray (1910-1985)is regarded as "one of the least discussed figures in the history of twentieth-century African American women's activism." She was a highly regarded Feminist, who called attention to the plight of women, especially the colored and working poor. Roy Wilson
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464 pages
Published
June 23rd 1989
by Univ Tennessee Press
(first published June 1989)
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I had never heard of Pauli Murray before reading this book for school, and I'm glad I did as she is an absolutely fascinating woman whose influence and contribution to the American civil rights movement and feminism is far reaching. Strangely I don't feel as though this book sheds much light on Pauli Murray as a person. I now know about all her accomplishments, the important people she worked with, but she seemed to go out of her way to keep from revealing her true self. She obviously was uncomf
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A thorough account of a woman who lived before her time, confronting civil rights and the role of women and ultimately turning to priesthood in the Episcopal Church. While thoroughly detailed, any biography of this type can start to drag, but the incredible nature of her life propelled me onward.
First time I learned that the Civil Rights movement started before the sixties.Aha moment.
Amazing woman, amazing book. I highly recommend it.
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The Reverend Dr. Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray (November 20, 1910 – July 1, 1985) was an American civil rights activist, women's rights activist, lawyer, and author. She was also the first black woman ordained an Episcopal priest.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Murray was raised mostly by her maternal grandparents. At the age of sixteen, she moved to New York to attend Hunter College, graduating with a ...more
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Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Murray was raised mostly by her maternal grandparents. At the age of sixteen, she moved to New York to attend Hunter College, graduating with a ...more
