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.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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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.
