Pauli Murray
Biographic Data
| ID | 3964221 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pauli Murray |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pauli |
| FAMILY NAME | Murray |
| SIGNATURE | MURRAY P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale Law School |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1952 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
To Speak a Defiant Word: Sermons and Speeches on Justice and Transformation
Twenty-five years of writings by the religious thinker and activist Pauli Murray A Seminary Coop Notable Book of 2023 The religious thought and activism that shaped the late twentieth century is typically described in terms of Black men from the major Black denominations, a depiction that fails to account for the voices of those who not only challenged racism but also forced a confrontation with class and gender. Of these overlooked voices, none …
Pauli Murray & Caroline Ware: Forty Years of Letters in Black and White
In 1942 Pauli Murray, a young black woman from North Carolina studying law at Howard University, visited a constitutional law class taught by Caroline Ware, one of the nation's leading historians. A friendship and a correspondence began, lasting until Murray's death in 1985. Ware, a Boston Brahmin born in 1899, was a scholar, a leading consumer advocate, and a political activist. Murray, born in 1910 and raised in North Carolina, with few resourc…
Song in a Weary Throat: An American Pilgrimage
Protest Against the Legal Status of the Negro
The tradition of protest has been present in every generation of Negroes since the seventeenth century. During slavery hundreds of petitions for freedom were appealed through the courts to the highest tribunals of the states. Free Negroes also resisted discrimination and segregation before the Civil War through court action as well as more direct methods. Contemporary protest is a culmination of this tradition and has reached a climax after a cen…
State's Laws on Race and Color
The Historical Development of Race Laws in the United States
Race legislation has been one of the major preoccupations of American legislators. The Negro, particularly, has been the subject of more laws than any other group. These laws have ranged from the most galling restrictions to the most comprehensive civil rights statutes. They tell a dramatic story of the amazing contradictions within our system of democracy since the nation's inception, and highlight the continual tug-of-war between two fundamenta…
States' Laws on Race and Color
This remarkable, hard-to-find resource is an exhaustive compilation of state laws and local ordinances in effect in 1950 that mandated racial segregation and of pre-Brown-era civil rights legislation. The volume cites legislation from forty-eight states and the District of Columbia, and ordinances of twenty-four major cities across the country. The complete text of each law or ordinance is included, along with occasional notes about its history a…
Protest Against the Legal Status of the Negro
The tradition of protest has been present in every generation of Negroes since the seventeenth century. During slavery hundreds of petitions for freedom were appealed through the courts to the highest tribunals of the states. Free Negroes also resisted discrimination and segregation before the Civil War through court action as well as more direct methods. Contemporary protest is a culmination of this tradition and has reached a climax after a cen…
States' Laws on Race and Color
This remarkable, hard-to-find resource is an exhaustive compilation of state laws and local ordinances in effect in 1950 that mandated racial segregation and of pre-Brown-era civil rights legislation. The volume cites legislation from forty-eight states and the District of Columbia, and ordinances of twenty-four major cities across the country. The complete text of each law or ordinance is included, along with occasional notes about its history a…
State's Laws on Race and Color
The Historical Development of Race Laws in the United States
Race legislation has been one of the major preoccupations of American legislators. The Negro, particularly, has been the subject of more laws than any other group. These laws have ranged from the most galling restrictions to the most comprehensive civil rights statutes. They tell a dramatic story of the amazing contradictions within our system of democracy since the nation's inception, and highlight the continual tug-of-war between two fundamenta…
Protest Against the Legal Status of the Negro
The tradition of protest has been present in every generation of Negroes since the seventeenth century. During slavery hundreds of petitions for freedom were appealed through the courts to the highest tribunals of the states. Free Negroes also resisted discrimination and segregation before the Civil War through court action as well as more direct methods. Contemporary protest is a culmination of this tradition and has reached a climax after a cen…
Song in a Weary Throat: An American Pilgrimage
Pauli Murray & Caroline Ware: Forty Years of Letters in Black and White
In 1942 Pauli Murray, a young black woman from North Carolina studying law at Howard University, visited a constitutional law class taught by Caroline Ware, one of the nation's leading historians. A friendship and a correspondence began, lasting until Murray's death in 1985. Ware, a Boston Brahmin born in 1899, was a scholar, a leading consumer advocate, and a political activist. Murray, born in 1910 and raised in North Carolina, with few resourc…
To Speak a Defiant Word: Sermons and Speeches on Justice and Transformation
Twenty-five years of writings by the religious thinker and activist Pauli Murray A Seminary Coop Notable Book of 2023 The religious thought and activism that shaped the late twentieth century is typically described in terms of Black men from the major Black denominations, a depiction that fails to account for the voices of those who not only challenged racism but also forced a confrontation with class and gender. Of these overlooked voices, none …
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies (2 works) · Race (biology (2 works)