Virtual Talk | Pauli Murray: Roots of Human Rights

”Pauli Murray (1910-1985) was an activist, novelist, educator, lawyer, feminist, poet, and Episcopal priest. Black, queer, and gender nonconforming, Murray worked passionately to build bridges between the civil rights movement, which she criticized for being male-dominated, and women’s rights activists, many of whom had serious blind spots on race. Though her role has been overlooked, her legal ideas laid the foundation for the work of two heroes of equality and liberation in the twentieth century: civil rights attorney-turned-Associate Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and RBG.” – from the exhibition "Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg"

In correlation with the exhibition "Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg", join Holocaust Museum Houston for a virtual talk with the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice.

This talk will chronicle the legacy of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, a legal theorist who lived at the intersection of the human rights struggles that shaped the 20th century. The presenters will also discuss the National Historic Landmark, the Pauli Murray Center, that aims to lift up the life and legacy of Pauli Murray.