{"product_id":"9780679767299","title":"The Firebrand and the First Lady","description":"By: Patricia Bell-Scott     \u003chr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE •\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe riveting history of how Pauli Murray—a brilliant writer-turned-activist—and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt forged an enduring friendship that helped to alter the course of race and racism in America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A definitive biography of Murray, a trailblazing legal scholar and a tremendous influence on Mrs. Roosevelt.” —\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1938, the twenty-eight-year-old Pauli Murray wrote a letter to the President and First Lady, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, protesting racial segregation in the South. Eleanor wrote back. So began a friendship that would last for a quarter of a century, as Pauli became a lawyer, principal strategist in the fight to protect Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and a co-founder of the National Organization of Women, and Eleanor became a diplomat and first chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46397982212323,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9780679767299","price":122.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780679767299.jpg?v=1748304616","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/9780679767299","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}