Pauli Murray took part in the movements for labor, civil rights, and women’s rights. Murray was the first Black person to earn a JSD from Yale, a National Organization for Women founder, a poet, an Episcopal priest, and life-long friend of Eleanor Roosevelt. When North Carolina’s Becky Stone (creator of historical interpretations of Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Maya Angelou, and Josephine Baker) first performed her riveting historical interpretation of Murray, she was often asked “Why haven’t I heard of Pauli Murray before?” Join Athens Chautauqua Society for this virtual event.
Pauli Murray took part in the movements for labor, civil rights, and women’s rights. Murray was the first Black person to earn a JSD from Yale, a National Organization for Women founder, a poet, an Episcopal priest, and life-long friend of Eleanor Roosevelt. When North Carolina’s Becky Stone (creator of historical interpretations of Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Maya Angelou, and Josephine Baker) first performed her riveting historical interpretation of Murray, she was often asked “Why haven’t I heard of Pauli Murray before?” Join Athens Chautauqua Society for this virtual event.
