![]() ![]() ![]() She was born in Baltimore in 1910, the daughter of middle-class parents whose mixed ancestry was African, Irish, American Indian and North Carolina planter. Her story almost defies brief summation, but let's try. One comes to its powerfully moving final pages utterly convinced that Murray was one of the great Americans of her time. To the contrary, it is in every respect a remarkable document, not merely the story of a life that can truly be called extraordinary but also a splendid book in its own right: smoothly written, good-humored, passionate, thoughtful. $23.95 WHEN SHE DIED two years ago at the age of 74, Pauli Murray was working with her editor on revisions of Song in a Weary Throat, her autobiography, but in no way does the published book seem incomplete or unpolished. ![]() SONG IN A WEARY THROAT An American Pilgrimage By Pauli Murray Harper & Row. ![]()
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