PAULI MURRAY -- LEGAL CAREER

THE WALLER CASE

https://www.aaihs.org/gender-civil-rights-and-the-case-of-odell-waller/

The Netflix documentary,"My Name is Pauli Murray," beautifully captures the life of Pauli Murray.  The film was released in 2022.

Friend to Eleanor Roosevelt and a lifelong activist, Murray 

PAULI MURRAY

https://today.duke.edu/2017/03/pauli-murray-house-celebrate-designation-national-landmark-april-1

PAULI'S HOME IN DURHAMWAS DESIGNATED A HISTORIC LANDMARK!

Pauli Murray

Pauli Murray

“Whatever future ministry

that I might have as a priest,

it was given to me that day

to be a symbol of healing.

All the strands of my life

Had come together.

Descendant of slave and of slave owner,

I had already been called
Poet  Lawyer   Teacher   Friend

Now I was empowered                                                           

To minister the sacrament of One

In whom

There is no north or south,

No black or white,

No male or female.

Only the spirit of love and

Reconciliation drawing us all

Toward the goal of human wholeness.”

Life of a Saint

Life of a Saint

“Give me a song of hope, and a world where I can sing it.” – Pauli Murray

Independent thinker

Daughter of an educator and a nurse

Granddaughter of a slave

Raised to be proud of her identity --

Orphened at three.

Whisperings of lynchings

            The KKK

                     Segregation

Tempered by teachers from Wilberforce and Howard

Proud shoes led to a law degree

But not from UNC

(Because of her race)

Or from Harvard

(because of her gender)

But from Howard University   

                First in her class

                          Accolades from Ginsberg and Kennedy

From academia to seminary

Ordained as the first black priest

At the Chapel of the Cross
Her grandmother was baptized there

Following in the footsteps of Jesus,

Advocating human rights of all.

Pauli was ordained a saint in the Episcopal Church on July 1, 2012 because of her tireless work as a lawyer and advocate for civil and labor rights.