Song in a Weary Throat, Pauli Murray
Song in a Weary Throat, Pauli Murray
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Song in a Weary Throat
Memoir of an American Pilgrimage

Author: Pauli Murray, Patricia Bell-Scott

Narrator: Allyson Johnson

Unabridged: 19 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/31/2018

Synopsis

Poet, memoirist, labor organizer, and Episcopal priest, Pauli Murray helped transform the law of the land. Arrested in 1940 for sitting in the whites-only section of a Virginia bus, Murray propelled that life-defining event into a Howard law degree and a fight against "Jane Crow" sexism. Her legal brilliance was pivotal to the overturning of Plessy v. Ferguson, the success of Brown v. Board of Education, and the Supreme Court's recognition that the equal protection clause applies to women; it also connected her with such progressive leaders as Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, Betty Friedan, and Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Now Murray is finally getting long-deserved recognition: the first African American woman to receive a doctorate of law at Yale, her name graces one of the university's new colleges. Handsomely republished with a new introduction, Murray's remarkable memoir takes its rightful place among the great civil rights autobiographies of the twentieth century.

About Pauli Murray

Pauli Murray (1910- 1985) was born in Baltimore and raised in Durham, North Carolina.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nancy on January 15, 2018

I first read about Pauli Murray while researching women abolitionists and Civil Rights leaders for my quilt I Will Lift My Voice Like A Trumpet. I was pleased to be granted access to the e-galley of Pauli's memoir, first published in 1987, now available in a new edition. The forward is by Patricia B......more

Goodreads review by Debonnaire_betty on January 18, 2021

I will leave a detailed review once I have processed my sadness over this book's ending. What a gift!......more

Goodreads review by Denise on April 22, 2019

First of all an embarrassing disclaimer: I thought I was reading the autobiography of Pauli Marshall. I totally got their names mixed up. I'd read Pauli Marshall's work and was looking forward to reading about her real life. A hundred pages in I realized that I didn't recognize any of the book title......more

Goodreads review by Jane on April 14, 2021

Wow, what a story! I learned about Pauli Murray because my daughter is living in Durham, NC. It was such an inspiration to read her life story.......more

Goodreads review by Jazzy on November 11, 2022

Pauli Murray was a great woman who did amazing things and lived an incredible life. I knew of her, but did not actually know much about her. This memoir fills in all the gaps of knowledge. For all the details about her life, this is easily a 5star book. The only downside to the book is there are seve......more

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