<I>Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray Esq. (1910-1985), civil rights lawyer and Episcopal priest was an activist who fought to dismantle segregation and end discrimination through the courts and on the streets</I>
date: label: Date
content: December 21, 1977
name: label: Photograph by
content: Milton Williams, American, born 1940
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, American, 1910 - 1985
notes: label: Caption
content: Attorney, author, scholar, and Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray, the first black female Episcopal Church deacon. In January of 1977, she was ordained as the first black female Episcopal priest. She is pictured here in her study in her Arlington, Virginia apartment. December 22, 1976.
label: Caption
content: Milton Williams, Moments in Time, 1973-1993 (Nashville: James C. Winston Publishing Co., 1996), 110.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of the Reverend Dr. Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray sitting at a typewriter by a desk crowded with papers. The photograph is stamped and inscribed on the back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Arlington County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Episcopalian
label: Topic
content: Feminism
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.15.126
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Milton Williams
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 7 1/4 × 9 9/16 in. (18.4 × 24.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 7 15/16 × 10 3/16 in. (20.2 × 25.9 cm)