Song in a Weary Throat

In this compelling memoir, Pauli Murray—a poet, memoirist, labor organizer, and Episcopal priest—shares her journey from being arrested for sitting in a whites-only section of a bus in Virginia to becoming a groundbreaking legal scholar. Her advocacy against both racial and gender discrimination played a crucial role in significant legal milestones, including the overturning of Plessy v. Ferguson and the success of Brown v. Board of Education. Now, as the first African American woman to earn a doctorate of law from Yale, Murray’s legacy is being rightfully acknowledged, with her memoir standing alongside the great civil rights autobiographies of the 20th century.