Pauli Murray
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The Reverend and Dr. Anna Pauline (Pauli) Murray (November 20, 1910 – July 1, 1985) was an American civil rights advocate, feminist, lawyer, poet, teacher and ordained minister. She was a professor of American studies at Brandeis University from 1968 to 1973.
She testified on Discrimination Against Women before the 91st Congress of the United States. She was the first African-American woman Episcopal priest and a co-founder of NOW, the National Organization for Women.
In 1990, the Pauli Murray Human Relations Award was established in her honor to commemorate her life work.
Murray's 1956 book, Proud Shoes, was published in paperback by Beacon Press in 1999.
[edit] Bibliography
- Murray, Pauli, (June, 1989). The Autobiography of a Black Activist, Feminist, Lawyer, Priest and Poet (Paperback), University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 0-87049-596-8.
- Murray, Pauli, (August, 1999). Proud Shoes (Paperback), Beacon Press. ISBN 0-8070-7209-5.
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