She was an architect of the civil-rights struggle—and the woman’s movement. Why haven’t you heard of her?
Kathryn Schultz’s recent New Yorker article on “The Many Lives of Pauli Murray” introduced me to Pauli Murray, a largely invisible woman who made a big impact. “This was Murray’s lifelong fate: to be both ahead of her time and behind the scenes.” She was ahead of her time in the Civil Rights, feminist, and LGBTQ movements. Read her fascinating story and find out how and why she disappeared, and why her story is being resurrected today.
“The Civil-Rights Luminary You’ve Never Heard Of.” The New Yorker. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2017.
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