Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat, a full decade before

the U.S. Supreme Court overturned separate-but-equal legislation, Pauli Murray was

already knee-deep fighting for social justice. A pioneering attorney, activist, priest and

dedicated memoirist, Murray shaped landmark litigation—and consciousness— around

race and gender equity. As an African American youth raised in the segregated South—

who was also wrestling with broader notions of gender identity—Pauli understood,

intrinsically, what it was to exist beyond previously accepted categories and cultural

norms. Both Pauli’s personal path and tireless advocacy foreshadowed some of the

most politically consequential issues of our time. Told largely in Pauli’s own words, My

Name is Pauli Murray is a candid recounting of that unique and extraordinary journey.