In 1938, Pauli Murray applied for admission to the Graduate School of the University of North Carolina. She was denied acceptance because of her race. Eloquently and tenaciously, she confronted the legal segregation of public education in the South. This exhibit explores her struggle from multiple viewpoints and considers the relevance of her observations and analysis to policies and events today.
Presented by:
- Center for the Study of the American South
- Southern Historical Collection
- Carolina Women’s Center
- UNC School of Information and Library Science
- Sonya Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History
- Duke Human Rights Center Pauli Murray Project
For more details, visit the UNC Library News and Events blog, Fitzgerald Family Papers (Murray’s grandparents) or the Southern Oral History Program interview with Murray (1976), available both here and here.
