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The Firebrand and the First Lady

By Patricia Bell-Scott

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The Firebrand and the First Lady

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A finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, and longlisted for the National Book Award, The Firebrand and the First Lady is the riveting history, two decades in the making, of how a brilliant writer-turned-activist and the first lady of the United States forged an enduring friendship that helped to alter the course of race and racism in America. In 1938, the twenty-eight-year-old Pauli Murray wrote a letter to the President and First Lady, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, protesting racial segregation in the South. Eleanor wrote back. So began a friendship that would last for a quarter of a century, as Pauli became a lawyer, principal strategist in the fight to protect Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and a co-founder of the National Organization of Women, and Eleanor became a diplomat and first chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Lillian Smith Book Award Finalist Georgia Author of the Year Nominated Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
480
Release Date:
2017-01-24
Publication Date:
2017-01-24
Publisher:
Random House
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0679767290
ISBN13:
9780679767299
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
446 g
Height:
131 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
35 cm
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