"Who is Pauli Murray?" Documentary
January 18, January 25 & February 1
6:30 pm - 7:25 pm | Wade Hall
The Solidarity & Social Justice Committee will offer a three-part series on the life and legacy of PAULI MURRAY.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn of a ground breaker in American History.
Check out this sneak peek of the documentary of her life:
https://youtu.be/Uh4r95VBU2Q
Pauli Murray lived one of the most remarkable lives of the twentieth century. S/he was the first Black person to earn a JSD (Doctor of the Science of Law) degree from Yale Law School, a founder of the National Organization for Women and the first Black person perceived as a woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest.
Pauli Murray’s legal arguments and interpretation of the U.S. Constitution were winning strategies for public school desegregation, women’s rights in the workplace, and an extension of rights to LGBTQ+ people based on Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Pauli Murray crafted a broad vision of justice, equity, and human rights using words as her primary tool in the fight for liberation. Their vision for a just and equitable world is a beacon of hope during troubled times. Their social justice tactics, legal strategies, speeches, letters, books, sermons, and poetry are models for our ongoing activism aimed at dismantling the oppression s/he faced and we continue to face because of white supremacy.
Information obtained from paulimurraycenter.com
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