Thursday, October 1, 2020

Pauli Murray

 

 

“If anyone should ask a Negro woman in 

America what has been her greatest achievement, 

her honest answer would be, ‘I survived!”

 

Personal note: I had the good fortune of having The Dr. Reverend Pauli Murray as a personal mentor as a child. I learned so much from her and will always be grateful for having had the opportunity,

She was the first Black, female, Episcopal priest. And she also happened to be a priest at the church I attended growing up. She was a poet, a lawyer, an activist, a champion of human rights, and a co-founder of NOW.

Her book Proud Shoes predated Roots and is a remarkable chronicle of a Black American family from the nightmare of pre-Civil War slavery through the grueling reality of Reconstruction.

No comments: