Title The firebrand and the First Lady : portrait of a friendship : Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the struggle for social justice / Patricia Bell-Scott.

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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

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Edition	First edition.
Description	xix, 454 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note	"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-434) and index.
Contents	Prelude: Camp Tera, 1933-35 -- Taking aim at the White House, 1938-40 -- 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.
Summary	"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.
Subject	Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Friends and associates.
	Murray, Pauli, 1910-1985 -- Friends and associates.
	Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
	Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
	African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
	African American feminists -- Biography.
	Episcopal Church -- Clergy -- Biography.
	African American intellectuals -- Biography.
	Female friendship -- United States.
	Murray, Pauli, 1910-1985. (OCoLC)fst00011564
	Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. (OCoLC)fst00047200
	Episcopal Church. (OCoLC)fst00533119
	African American feminists. (OCoLC)fst01201928
	African American intellectuals. (OCoLC)fst00799204
	African American women civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00799481
	Clergy. (OCoLC)fst00864014
	Female friendship. (OCoLC)fst00922609
	Friendship. (OCoLC)fst00935174
	Presidents' spouses. (OCoLC)fst01075830
	Women social reformers. (OCoLC)fst01178540
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	Biographies.
Added Title	Portrait of a friendship, Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the struggle for social justice
ISBN	9780679446521 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	0679446524 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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