The Firebrand and the First Lady

The Firebrand and the First Lady
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 482
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ISBN-10 : 9780679767299
ISBN-13 : 0679767290
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Book Synopsis The Firebrand and the First Lady by : Patricia Bell-Scott

Download or read book The Firebrand and the First Lady written by Patricia Bell-Scott and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE • The riveting history of how Pauli Murray—a brilliant writer-turned-activist—and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt forged an enduring friendship that helped to alter the course of race and racism in America. “A definitive biography of Murray, a trailblazing legal scholar and a tremendous influence on Mrs. Roosevelt.” —Essence In 1938, the twenty-eight-year-old Pauli Murray wrote a letter to the President and First Lady, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, protesting racial segregation in the South. Eleanor wrote back. So began a friendship that would last for a quarter of a century, as Pauli became a lawyer, principal strategist in the fight to protect Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and a co-founder of the National Organization of Women, and Eleanor became a diplomat and first chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.


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