![]() ![]() ![]() At last, with the republication of this "beautifully crafted" memoir, Song in a Weary Throat takes its rightful place among the great civil rights autobiographies of the twentieth century.In a voice that is energetic, wry, and direct, Murray tells of a childhood dramatically altered by the sudden loss of her spirited, hard-working parents. ![]() Yet Murray's name and extraordinary influence receded from view in the intervening years now they are once again entering the public discourse. Kennedy Book Award and the Lillian Smith Book Award among other distinctions. First published posthumously in 1987, Pauli Murray's Song in a Weary Throat was critically lauded, winning the Robert F. ![]()
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