murray, pauli

Chronicles the life and career of activist and lawyer Pauli Murray, who systematically fought against discrimination and for equal rights for African Americans.

"Who was Pauli Murray? [Readers will learn] about this activist who fought for different rights and became the first African American woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest"--Amazon.

Written in verse, this biography chronicles the life of a queer civil and women's rights activist who fought for many of the rights we have today, working tirelessly for human rights and the dignity of life for all.

"Charts the development of African American women as public intellectuals and the evolution of their thought from the end of the 1800s through the Black Power era of the 1970s"--Amazon.

A finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, and longlisted for the National Book Award, The Firebrand and the First Lady is the riveting history, two decades in the making, of how a brilliant writer-turned-activist and the first lady of the United States forged an enduring friendship that helped to alter the course of race and racism in America.

Examines the friendship between Eleanor Roosevelt and activist Pauli Murray.