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Pauli Murray : the life of a pioneering feminist and civil rights activist

Title: Pauli Murray : the life of a pioneering feminist and civil rights activist / by Rosita Stevens-Holsey and Terry Catasús Jennings.
Author: Stevens-Holsey, Rosita
Publication: New York, NY : Yellow Jacket, [2022]

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Additional Authors

Jennings, Terry Catasús

Description

280 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

Written in verse, this inspiring biography chronicles the life of a queer civil rights and women's rights activist who fought for many of the rights taken for granted today, working tirelessly for human rights and the dignity of life for all.

Subject

Genre/Form

Biographical poetry.
Biographies.
Juvenile works.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-280).

Contents

Part I: Why? -- An activist in the making ; On the tail of Halley's Comet ; The activist: was she born or was she made? ; The bottoms: the influence of place ; Childhood: the influence of family ; Proud shoes: the influence of heritage ; Shades: the influence of color ; Part II: The reluctant activist -- Trying to get away: Hunter College ; Activism forged on the anvil of the Great Depression ; First steps ; A cruel blow ; Taking a stand ; A sharecropper's life in the balance ; Finally, a decision ; Part III: The activist in training -- Howard Law ; Learning the law ; Taking the reins: protests ; From Jim Crow to Jane Crow ; The idea that changed the world ; Part IV: Action -- The forgotten bet ; One person plus one typewriter ; An activist dressed in lawyer's clothes ; Why on Earth didn't you tell me? ; Part V: Jane Crow -- Change in direction ; For the gals who will come after ; It had happened before ; The women's movement ; It took more than the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ; National Organization for Women ; A man trapped in a woman's body ; Part VI: The legacy of activism -- An unsung force ; A human of worth.

Call Number

Sc D 22-417

ISBN

9781499812510
1499812515

OCLC

1297040191

Author

Stevens-Holsey, Rosita, author.

Title

Pauli Murray : the life of a pioneering feminist and civil rights activist / by Rosita Stevens-Holsey and Terry Catasús Jennings.

Publisher

New York, NY : Yellow Jacket, [2022]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-280).

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust Jacket.

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Jennings, Terry Catasús, author.

Research Call Number

Sc D 22-417

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