The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Interview with Pauli Murray

Repository: Harvard University. Radcliffe Institute. Schlesinger Library

Collection Description (Extant): Pauli Murray was the first African American woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest; her ordination took place in National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on January 8, 1977. Before her retirement in 1984, she served as Priest at the Church of the Atonement in Washington, D.C., and at the Church of the Holy Nativity in Baltimore, Maryland.

Summary: The CBS Evening News segment, 'On the Road with Charles Kuralt,' interview with Pauli Murray.

Collection URL: http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=|library/m/aleph|012169923

Digital Status: No

Extent: 1 videocassette (11 min.): sd., col.; ½ in.

Language: English

Related Archival Items: See the Pauli Murray Papers (MC 412) at the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.

Interviewees: Pauli Murray

Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights

Subjects:

African American clergy
African American lawyers
African American women
African Americans--Civil rights
Episcopal Church

Genres:

Interviews
Videorecordings