Black History Month Profile: Rev. Dr. Anna Murray

Rev. Dr. Anna Murray was a prominent figure in the civil rights movement, the women’s rights movement, the Episcopal branch of Protestantism, and the field of law. She graduated from Howard law school at the top of her class in 1944; she was the only woman enrolled there at the time. In 1950, she wrote a book challenging states’ doctrine of “separate but equal” which was previously established by the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case. Murray’s book, States’ Laws on Race and Color, became a pivotal motivator in the historic ruling of the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of education.

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Rev. Dr. Anna Murray was a prominent figure in the civil rights movement, the women’s rights movement, the Episcopal branch of Protestantism, and the field of law. She graduated from Howard law school at the top of her class in 1944; she was the only woman enrolled there at the time. In 1950, she wrote a book challenging states’ doctrine of “separate but equal” which was previously established by the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case. Murray’s book, States’ Laws on Race and Color, became a pivotal motivator in the historic ruling of the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of education.

Daniel Boudreau, Feature/News Editor
February 1, 2022