A victim of The University of North Carolina’s rejection in 1938, 39 years ago, stands before you today in Chapel Hill, the site of that rejection, proclaiming the healing power of Christ’s love.
Pauli Murray Carolinian
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Sermon at her first Eucharist as an Episcopal priest, Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, February 13, 1977
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