Pauli Murray
As we continue to move through the wilderness, let us renew our faith and remember with thankfulness those black foremothers who, like Hagar, acted upon God's promise: "Fear not, arise and lift up the lad and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him a great nation" (Genesis 21:17-18). Let us pray.
— "Out of the Wilderness" sermon, July 21, 1974
Full name: Anna Pauline Murray
Also known as: Pauli Murray
Born: November 20, 1910 in Baltimore, MD
Died: July 1, 1985 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Occupation: lawyer, Episcopal priest, author
Notable works: States' Law on Race and Color (1950); Proud Shoes: The Story Of An American Family (1956); "Jane Crow and the Law: Sex Discrimination and Title VII" (1965); Dark Testament and Other Poems (1970); Song in a Weary Throat: An American Pilgrimage (posthumous, 1987)
Associations: Lovestoneites
Honors and awards: honored as on of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church's Holy Women, Holy Men (2012); made a permanent part of the Episcopal Church's calendar of saints (2018)
