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Pauli Murray Biography
May 13, 2021
A nearly lifelong activist for racial and gender equality, Pauli Murray, at the age of 67, became the first African American woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1977
A nearly lifelong activist for racial and gender equality, Pauli Murray, at the age of 67, became the first African American woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1977
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