Jane Crow [electronic resource] : the life of Pauli Murray / Rosalind Rosenberg.

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" Throughout her prodigious life, activist and lawyer Pauli Murray systematically fought against all arbitrary distinctions in society, channeling her outrage at the discrimination she faced to make America a more democratic country. In this definitive biography, Rosalind Rosenberg offers a poignant...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosenberg, Rosalind, 1946- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Murray, Pauli, > 1910-1985.
Episcopal Church > Clergy > Biography.
African American intellectuals > Biography.
African American poets > Biography.
African American lawyers > Biography.
African American civil rights workers > Biography.
African American feminists > Biography.
Social reformers > United States > Biography.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century
Genre:
Biography.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2017 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2017 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Part I: Coming of Age, 1910-1937-- - A Southern Childhood
  • Escape to New York
  • Part II: Confronting Jim Crow, 1938-1941
  • "Members of Your Race Are Not Admitted"
  • Bus Trouble
  • A Death Sentence Leads to Law School
  • Part III: Naming Jane Crow, 1941-1946
  • "I Would Gladly Change My Sex"
  • California Promise
  • Part IV: Surviving the Cold War, 1946-1961-- "Apostles of Fear"
  • A Person In Between
  • "What Is Africa to Me?"
  • Part V: A Chance to Lead, 1961-1967-- Making Sex Suspect
  • Invisible Woman
  • Toward an NAACP for Women
  • Part VI: To Teach, To Preach, 1967-1977-- Professor Murray
  • Triumph and Loss
  • The Reverend Dr. Murray
  • Epilogue.