Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage by Pauli Murray

Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage

Pauli Murray

624 pages first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history memoir informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

Description

Poet, memoirist, labor organizer, and Episcopal priest, Pauli Murray helped transform the law of the land. Arrested in 1940 for sitting in the whites-only section of a Virginia bus, Murray propelled that life-defining event into a Howard law degre...

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inspiring 100%
reflective 100%
challenging 66%
emotional 66%
informative 66%
hopeful 33%
sad 33%

Pace

slow 75%
medium 25%

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