jan 1, 1940 - Pauli Murray

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In 1938, Murray moved back to North Carolina. Murray applied to the graduate program in sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill, but was denied entry due to race. Murray thought s/he had a perfect right to attend due to family connections—two of Murray’s white, slave-owning ancestors had attended UNC and another served on the Board of Trustees. This would not be the only time Murray pushed back on Jim Crow laws. In 1940, Murray and a friend were arrested and sent to jail for refusing to move to the back of the bus during an interstate trip from New York to North Carolina.

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