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There all the honor lies : act well your part : a memoir

Title
There all the honor lies : act well your part : a memoir / Judge Harriet M. Murphy ; foreword by Phylicia Allen Rashad ; preface by William Powers, Jr.
Author
Murphy, Harriet M. (Judge)
Publication
  • Austin, TX : The Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, The University of Texas at Austin, 2018.
  • ©2018

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Description
xix, 144 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
This autobiography of the first permanently appointed female African American judge in Texas, Harriet M. Murphy, is the story not only of an African American woman who grew up in the 1930s and 1940s, but of the civil rights movement. Judge Murphy began fighting injustice and inequality early in her life. Through her work with the NAACP and the Urban League, she sought social change at the local level. She recounts meetings with civil rights icons, including W. E. B. DuBois, Martin Luther King Jr., and Thurgood Marshall. Though caught up in activism, she found time to pursue her dream of becoming a lawyer. There All the Honor Lies details some of Murphy's most notable accomplishments, including instituting a partial payment plan for constituents who were fined by the municipal court and chairing the city of Austin's first detoxification task force. Since retiring from the bench, Murphy has run for the Austin City Council and been inducted into the National Bar Association Hall of Fame.
Alternative Title
  • There all the honor lies : a memoir
  • Act well your part : a memoir
  • Act well your part : there all the honor lies : a memoir
Subject
  • Murphy, Harriet M. (Judge)
  • African American women judges > Texas > Biography
  • African American judges > Texas > Biography
  • Women judges > Texas > Biography
  • African American judges
  • Women judges
  • Texas
Genre/Form
Biography.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Timeline : the Black migration -- Stony the road -- Early career -- Major political contributions -- There all the honor lies -- Afterword -- Appendix I : Reverend Walter Mitchell Sr.: minister and civil rights activist -- Appendix II : list of awards.
Call Number
Sc E 18-1123
ISBN
  • 9781477315743
  • 1477315748
LCCN
2018008994
OCLC
1028582018
Author
Murphy, Harriet M. (Judge), author.
Title
There all the honor lies : act well your part : a memoir / Judge Harriet M. Murphy ; foreword by Phylicia Allen Rashad ; preface by William Powers, Jr.
Publisher
Austin, TX : The Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, The University of Texas at Austin, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc E 18-1123
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