Pauli Murray

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The Reverend Dr. Anna Pauline (Pauli) Murray (November 20, 1910 – July 1, 1985) was an American civil rights advocate, feminist, lawyer, poet, teacher and ordained minister. A contemporary and friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, ^[1] She was a professor of American studies at Brandeis University from 1968 to 1973. She was the author of the 1950 book "States' Laws on Race and Color," which cataloged state statutes discriminating against African Americans, Native Americans, Asians and other groups.

She testified on discrimination against women before the 91st Congress of the United States.^[2] 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.

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[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 (Davison Douglas ed., 2d ed. 1997). "States' Law on Race and Color," University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0820318837
Murray, Pauli, (August, 1999). Proud Shoes (Paperback), Beacon Press. ISBN 0-8070-7209-5.