Jane Crow : the life of Pauli Murray
Record details
- ISBN: 019065645X
- ISBN: 9780190656454
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Physical Description:
xvii, 494 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
print - Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-470) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I: Coming of age, 1910-1937 -- A Southern childhood -- Escape to New York -- Part II: Confronting Jim Crow, 1938-1941 -- "Members of your race are not admitted" -- Bus trouble -- A death sentence leads to law school -- Part III: Naming Jane Crow, 1941-1946 -- "I would gladly change my sex" -- California promise, 1944-1946 -- Part IV: Surviving the Cold War, 1946-1961 -- "Apostles of fear" -- A person in between -- "What is Africa to me?" -- Part V: A chance to lead, 1961-1967 -- Making sex suspect -- Invisible woman -- Toward an NAACP for women -- Part VI: To teach, to preach, 1967-1977 -- Professor Murray -- Triumph and loss -- The Reverend Dr. Murray -- Epilogue. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | B MURRAY (Text) | 000140247 | Biography | Available | - |