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Jan 24, 2022 · *Note: Since Pauli Murray lived in a gender-binary world, this article follows the historical precedent of using she/her pronouns. As a teenager in 1920s Durham, North Carolina, Pauli Murray strode each May across the Whites-only cemetery where a sea of Confederate flags marked the graves of Civil War veterans.
Titled “Jim-Crow Bus Dispute Leads to Girls’ Arrest.”. Excerpt describes the arrest of Pauli Murray and companion Adelene McBean.”. While traveling in Virginia in 1940, Murray and their companion, Adelene McBean, refused to sit on broken seats at the back of the bus. The driver called the cops and they were both arrested.
The Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice is located at 906 Carroll St., Durham, NC 27701. All of our events are currently virtual, but we invite you to visit the site to see our outdoor educational installation about the life of Pauli Murray and the history of the house. Our mailing address is P.O. Box 541, Durham, NC 27702.
Oct 19, 2021 · Murray—a lawyer, academic, writer and priest—is the multihyphenate subject of the recently released documentary My Name Is Pauli Murray. And the “lost causes” Murray championed, including ...
Pauli Murray (1910–1985) was a writer, lawyer, minister, and activist. Pauli Murray was born Anna Pauline Murray in Baltimore, Maryland. After her parents’ death, she spent her childhood in North Carolina and New York. After graduating from Hunter College in 1928, she shortened her name to Pauli to embrace a more androgynous identity.
Jul 31, 2023 · Admirers say it is a fitting tribute to Murray, a visionary writer, scholar, jurist, and Episcopal priest who helped lay the intellectual foundations of the 20 th-century struggles against racism and sexism. A Yale alum, she is the namesake of Pauli Murray College, one of the university’s 14 residential colleges.
