The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship : Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social...
- ISBN-10
- 0679446524
- ISBN-13
- 9780679446521
- Category
- African American feminists
- Pages
- 454
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Author
- Patricia Bell-Scott
Description
This book tells the story of how a writer-turned-activist, granddaughter of a mulatto slave, and the first lady of the United States forged an enduring friendship that changed each of their lives and helped to alter the course of race and racism in America.
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