The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice

by Patricia Bell-Scott

Book Overview

Longlisted for the National Book Award A groundbreaking book--two decades in the works--that tells the story of how a brilliant writer-turned-activist, granddaughter of a mulatto slave, and the first lady of the United States, whose ancestry gave her membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, forged an enduring friendship that changed each of their lives and helped to alter the course of race and racism in America. Pauli Murray first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679446524
• ISBN13: 9780679446521
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.4"