Pauli Murray vs. UNC: Wrestling with Change in the Jim Crow South
November 3, 2010 5:15 pm
5:15 p.m. Reception
6:00 p.m. Panel Discussion
Wilson Library, UNC- Chapel Hill
In 1938, Pauli Murray applied for admittance to a graduate program at UNC-CH. She was denied acceptance because of her race. With her eloquent words and tenacious determination, she confronted the legal segregation of pubic education. This panel explores her struggle from multiple viewpoints and weighs the relevance of her observations and analysis to the policies and events of today.
Panel Participants:
Glenda Gilmore, Peter V. and C. Vann Woodward Professor of History, Yale University
Leslie Brown, Assistant Professor of History, Williams College
Jim Leloudis, Associate Dean for Honors, and Director of the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Jerry Girshenhorn, Associate Professor of History, North Carolina Central University
Anne Firor Scott, Professor Emeritus of History and Women’s Studies, Duke University
Moderator: Genna Rae McNeil, Professor of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Panel Sponsors:
Center for the Study of the American South, UNC-CH
Pauli Murray Project at the Duke Human Rights Center
Wilson Library, Friends of the Library, UNC-CH
UNC Women’s Center