Record #:

43618

Author(s):

Bloom, Sally

Abstract:

Born in Baltimore and raised in Durham, Murray became an activist for civil rights long before the 1960s Civil Rights movement. In 1941, she helped form the Congress for Racial Equality (CORE). Among many firsts, in the mid 1970s, she became the first African American woman priest ordained by the Episcopal Church,

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 59 Issue 1, Fall 2019, p28-29, il

Subject(s):

Murray, Pauli; Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)