Video Resources about Pauli Murray

ABC News’ Linsey Davis in December 2021 interviewed Betsy West and Julie Cohen about their documentary “My Name is Pauli Murray”.

The Episcopal Archives provides a 1985 segment of CBS Evening News’  On the Road with Charles Kuralt, which shows Murray offering the Eucharist in her grandmother’s church, Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill NC.

Face up: Telling Stories of Community Life documents the collaborative art-project that mounted wall murals of Pauli Murray in her home town, Durham NC.

Finding Pauli Murray:  Her Legacy Lives on. Toni Van Pelt, recent president of the National Organization for Women, which was co-founded by Dr. Murray, lectured in August 2021 about her ground-breaking life on conjunction with an exhibit at the Dali Museum.

Lessons from Pauli Murray on Being a Problem by Prof. Anthony B. Pinn of Rice University for The Forum at St. Bart’s, a 48-minute session moderated by The Rev. Peter Thompson, June 2021. Editor of a 2006 publication of Dr. Murray’s sermons and writings, Dr. Pinn speaks of her identification as America’s problem child, her efforts to create discomfort as a proper ethical posture, and her striving for not only liberation but eventually reconciliation of demonized segments of our society.

“My Name Is Pauli Murray”, directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen, is available on Amazon Prime Video.  On Murray’s 111th birthday, Charlie Bright of Gold Derby posted his interview of the them about the documentary.

Rediscovering Pauli Murray: A Schlesinger Library Event, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University comprises:

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Shares How Legal Pioneer Pauli Murray Shaped Her Work on Sex Discrimination in an interview for Time by Olivia B. Waxman, 16 Oct. 2020.

A Saint for All Saints, this transcript of our 2020 conference is comprised of:

    • Introduction, The Most Rev. Michael Curry: 0:08-8:12 
    • Welcome, The Rev. Pamela L. Werntz:  8:13-15:32
    • Moderator, The Rev. Dr. Yolanda Rolle:  15:35-21:32
    • Presentations
      • The Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge: 21:36-31:46
      • Dean Melissa Wood Bartholomew: 32:19-42:38
      • The Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas:  44:38-58:03
    • Poetry by Pauli Murray read by honored guests
      • “Ruth”, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, PhD:  31:24-32:19
      • “Song of Deliverance”, The Rev. Canon Nan Peete: 42:38-44:37
      • “Prophecy”, The Rt. Rev. Gayle E. Harris 58:07-1:00:06
    • Panel of presenters: 1:07:00-1:23:00
    • Farewell, The Rev. Pam Werntz: 1:24:05-1:24:56