Pauli Murray

Pauli Murray (1910-1985) was born in Baltimore and raised in Durham, North Carolina. The first African American woman to receive a doctorate of law at Yale, her name now graces one of Yale University's new colleges. She is the author of Song in a Weary Throat , her posthumous memoir.

Pauli Murray (1910-1985) was born in Baltimore and raised in Durham, North Carolina. The first African American woman to receive a doctorate of law at Yale, her name now graces one of Yale University's new colleges. She is the author of Song in a Weary Throat , her posthumous memoir. See less