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The Firebrand and the First Lady: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice

Patricia Bell-Scott

This book tells the story of how a writer-turned-activist, granddaughter of a mulatto slave, and the first lady of the United States forged an enduring friendship that changed each of their lives and helped to alter the course of race and racism in America.

Race & EthnicityRace & Ethnicity · medium confidenceRace & Ethnicity81 signalsLlm Classifier: Race & Ethnicity -> Race & EthnicityGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographySlavery & EmancipationGender & FeminismLiterature & WritersSocial Movements & Activism

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionMajor2017FinalistOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Pauli Murray95%
    • Eleanor Roosevelt95%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Their friendship between Pauli Murray and Eleanor Roosevelt altered their lives and helped change the course of race and racism in America.

    Model confidence 78%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 86%.