Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Pauli Murray
Born: November 20, 1910
Died: July 1, 1985 (aged 74)
Bio: Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray was an American civil rights activist, women's rights activist, lawyer, and author.
Known for:
- Proud Shoes the Story of an American Family (1956)
- Pauli Murray
- States' laws on race and color (1950)
- Pauli Murray and Caroline Ware