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Pauli Murray

A Personal and Political Life

by Troy R. Saxby
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The Rev. Dr. Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray (1910–1985) was a trailblazing social activist, writer, lawyer, civil rights organizer, and campaigner for gender rights. In the 1930s and 1940s, she was active in radical left-wing political groups and helped innovate nonviolent protest strategies against segregation that would become iconic in later decades, and in the 1960s, she cofounded the National Organization for Women (NOW). In addition, Murray became the first African American to receive a Yale law doctorate and the first black woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest. Yet, behind her great public successes, Murray battled many personal demons, including bouts of poor physical and mental health, conflicts over her gender and sexual identities, family traumas, and financial difficulties.
In this intimate biography, Troy Saxby provides the most comprehensive account of Murray's inner life to date, revealing her struggles in poignant detail and deepening our understanding and admiration of her numerous achievements in the face of pronounced racism, homophobia, transphobia, and political persecution. Saxby interweaves the personal and the political, showing how the two are always entwined, to tell the life story of one of twentieth-century America's most fascinating and inspirational figures.

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    May 11, 2020

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      • ISBN: 9781469654935

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      • ISBN: 9781469654942

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      • ISBN: 9781469654942
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    • English

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    • Library Journal

      May 1, 2020

      In this detailed biography, Saxby looks at the "person behind the accomplishments," to piece together Pauli Murray's (1910-85) professional and private struggles and how these influenced Murray's personal philosophy and sociopolitical concerns. Murray was a writer, lawyer, activist, and Episcopal priest, along with being an early pioneer of the civil rights and women's movements; she is also an underrated and often forgotten political figure. Diving into Murray's history, background, and mental and physical health, Saxby connects the pieces of Murray's life, examining Murray's experience of the South, history of activism, complex family dynamics, and anxieties regarding mental health and sexuality. Murray's life is marked by a career of starts and stops, the result of extreme poverty, barriers to access, and a complicated relationship with the South, family, queerness, and the constant threat of physical and mental burnout. This detailed biography on an underrated social and political activist results in an ambitious undertaking by Saxby, whose emphasis on Murray's private life tells a history of trials based on personal experiences and records. VERDICT Recommended for readers with an academic interest in African American history, women's history, and early 20th-century queer experience.--Gricel Dominguez, Florida International Univ. Lib., Miami

      Copyright 2020 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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