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EPISODE #38 | The Greatest Civil Rights Leader You’ve Never Heard Of – With Adesoji Iginla

Before Rosa sat, before Thurgood argued, before Ruth dissented—Pauli Murray had already laid the groundwork.

In this episode of Rethinking Freedom, host Aya Fubara Eneli is joined by writer and scholar Adesoji Iginla to uncover the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray—the non-binary Black legal trailblazer, Episcopal priest, feminist theorist, and civil rights strategist whose ideas transformed America, even if her name never made the headlines.

🎓 Most people don’t know:
 • Murray’s legal writings were the foundation of Brown v. Board of Education—yet she was never invited to the oral arguments.
 • She coined the term “Jane Crow” to name the dual discrimination Black women face.
 • She was the first Black woman ordained as an Episcopal priest.
 • Her work directly influenced Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s arguments for gender equality.
 • She lived and wrote courageously while struggling with gender identity in a world that had no language for who she was.

This conversation isn’t just about one forgotten hero. It’s about who we choose to remember—and why. Tune in to reclaim the brilliance of a mind generations ahead of its time.

📻 Airs Monday, July 14 at 7 AM CST
On KRGN 98.5 FM & KVBM 104.7 FM
📺 Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/live/DX2GR856...

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