Pauli Murray

Trailblazing Episcopal priest Pauli Murray to be featured on US quarters

By Yonat Shimron — February 14, 2023
(RNS) — The civil rights lawyer, activist, writer and priest was also gender nonconforming.

The Episcopal saint whose journey for social justice took many forms, from sit-ins to priesthood

By Sarah Azaransky — June 28, 2022
(The Conversation) — Pauli Murray, the first Black woman to be ordained by the Episcopal Church, was an advocate for women’s rights and racial justice.

Black faith leaders’ proud legacy on civil rights should include LGBTQ rights

By Sabrina E. Dent — January 14, 2022
(RNS) — Black Christians know too well how discrimination can hide behind appeals to religious freedom.

Episcopal saint is namesake of new Yale residential college

By Lauren Markoe — April 28, 2016
(RNS) Pauli Murray is the first Yale college named for an African-American woman.
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