Leadership Education at Duke Divinity - Audio

Pauli Murray was arrested before Rosa Parks and led lunch counter sit-ins in the 1940s. She wrote legal arguments that inspired Thurgood Marshall and persuaded Betty Friedan to found the National Organization for Women. In 1977, Murray reached another milestone when she became the first African American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest. In the three decades after her death, Murray dropped out of the public imagination. But there has been a flurry of recent notice that has brought her to the attention of a new generation, especially in North Carolina, where she grew up. In this 6-minute audio piece, Faith & Leadership Editor Sally Hicks speaks with Thomas RaShad Easley, a pastor, educator and hip hop artist who has found inspiration in Murray’s life and work.