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The firebrand and the First Lady portrait of a friendship : Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the struggle for social justice

"Describes the unlikely friendship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Pauli Murray, a granddaughter of a mixed race slave and a lesbian, who became a lawyer and civil rights pioneer, and the important work they each did, taking stands for justice and freedom, "--NoveList.

Main Author: Bell-Scott, Patricia (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Eleanor, > 1884-1962 > Friends and associates.
Murray, Pauli, > 1910-1985 > Friends and associates.
Episcopal Church > Clergy > Biography.
Women social reformers > United States > Biography.
Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography.
African American women civil rights workers > Biography.
African American feminists > Biography.
African American intellectuals > Biography.
Female friendship > United States.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude: Camp Tera
  • Taking aim at the White House
  • Bumping up against the law, 1940-42
  • Making friends with the First Lady, 1942-44
  • Standing up to life's challenges, 1944-45
  • Fashioning new lives, 1945-52
  • Drawing closer as friends, 1952-55
  • Fighting for a just world, 1956-59
  • Lighting the path for new activists, 1959-62
  • Speaking truth to the end, 1963-85.

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