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

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2022

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Title:	Pauli Murray : the life of a pioneering feminist and civil rights activist
Author:	Stevens-Holsey, Rosita, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	New York, NY : Yellow Jacket, [2022] ©2022
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.
Audience:	10-14.
Subjects:	Murray, Pauli, 1910-1985 -- Juvenile literature. African American women lawyers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. African American women civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. African American feminists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. African American sexual minorities -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Women lawyers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Feminists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Queer women. African American LGBTQ+ people
Genre:	Biographical poetry. Biographies. Queer biographies. LGBTQ+ biographies.
Other Author:	Jennings, Terry Catasús, author.
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.
ISBN	9781499812510

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