The Life and Legacy of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray

The Life and Legacy of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray

Presented by Angela Thorpe Mason, Executive Director

Pauli Murray Center for History & Social Justice

The First Presenter in the 2025 Gene Brooks Speaker Series

The Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray was a twentieth-century civil and human rights activist, legal scholar, feminist, poet, author, and Episcopal priest. Her 1956 book, Proud Shoes: The Story of an American Family, describes her family’s history in Durham from the pre-Civil War era through Reconstruction. Ms. Mason will talk about Pauli Murray’s life and the Pauli Murray Center in Durham.

Where: Chatham County Historical Courthouse, 

              9 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro

When: Sunday, February 2 at 2:00 PM

Please join us for this wonderful program. Free admission.

The Chatham County Historical Association Annual Meeting will follow the program.