Events & Dialogues
Meet your neighbors, learn more about Durham’s history, practice community with us. Our events and dialogues are an opportunity to discuss issues that shape our lives and to think about how learning more about the past can help us move forward together.
We welcome your feedback about our Pauli Murray Project events and initiatives.
SAVE THE DATE – MAY 28 – HISTORIC FITZGERALD FAMILY CEMETERY CERMONY
Commemorate the struggle for freedom and civil rights and early Durham African American pioneers at the Fitzgerald Family Plot of Maplewood Cemetery.
> MorePauli Murray Project Receives Proud Shoes Award
The Southwest Central Durham Quality of Life Project honored the Pauli Murray Project with their Proud Shoes Award at their annual banquet on March 31, 2012.
> MoreDuke Chapel Dean Samuel Wells Dubs Pauli Murray patron saint of Durham
Pauli Murray makes departing dean’s top five saints list.
> MorePauli Murray Project Featured on ABC 11
Catch our new segment about the Pauli Murray Project on ABC 11
> MoreVisionary Poems from Our Community Dialogue about race and privilege
We wrote amazing poems to share our thoughts and reflect our conversation about race and privilege. Check them out!
> MoreLISTEN NOW – Youth Prophecy Poetry Contest Award Winning Poems
HEAR the award winning poets read their poems.
> MoreSunday, November 20: 1-5 p.m. Pauli Murray Day in Durham
Join us for a big birthday celebration: Help Unveil the Pauli Murray NC Historic Marker. Come create a public art installation. Walk through a maze of decorated shoes by you. Listen to Youth Prophecy Poetry Contest Winners. Share in Birthday Cake.
> MorePauli Murray Exhibit at Duke Chapel November 1-21, 2011
Learn more about an inspirational life of human rights activism. Help us celebrate her 101st birthday. Duke Chapel is open from 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. daily.
> MoreOctober 23 @ 2:30 Open Community Dialogue About Race
Check out the great coverage of our community event in the Durham Herald Sun.
> MoreHelp us Save Pauli Murray’s Childhood Home
Unique coalition of city groups announce the purchase of the Pauli Murray-Richard Fitzgerald house to honor these human rights champions. Check out the great press coverage!
> MoreJune 29 @ 7 p.m. Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Pauli Murray
All are invited to St. Titus Episcopal for this annual service and reception. Bishop Michael Curry and Rev. Zelda Kennedy will lead the service.
> MorePress Conference May 17 @ 10 a.m. @ 906 Carroll Street
The Pauli Murray Project, SW Central Durham Quality of Life Project and Self-Help will announce plans to convert the building at 906 Carroll St., known as the Pauli Murray-Robert Fitzgerald house to serve as a center for community dialogues. Read Barbara Lau’s opening statement about this great day.
> MoreMay 30 Memorial Day Event at Fitzgerald Family Cemetery
Honor Pauli Murray’s grandfather and Civil War veteran, Robert G. Fitzgerald, at a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Fitzgerald Family Cemetery – Kent Street near Morehead at Maplewood Cemetery.
> MoreAnnouncing the Youth Prophecy Poetry Contest
DEADLINE EXTENDED to OCTOBER 15: Seeking original poems from young people in Durham Cash Prizes. Submissions accepted between July 15-October 15.
> MoreTo Buy the Sun at Duke March 31
See this amazing play at Duke. Free Admission!! 209 East Duke @ 7 p.m.
> MoreTo Buy the Sun at UNC March 22
Sonja Haynes Stone Center @ 7 p.m. Free Admission
> MoreTo Buy the Sun/Pauli Murray Project in the News
To Buy the Sun, the play about Pauli Murray and the Pauli Murray Project have been in the news — check us out!!!
> MorePauli Murray Project Featured on Duke WebTV
Barbara Lau appeared on “Office Hours,” to share Pauli Murray’s significance and announce the new play, To Buy the Sun, a collaborative project with Hidden Voices.
View the show:
Pauli Murray Play — To Buy the Sun
Celebrate her history; create our future. Join us as we commemorate the 100th anniversary of
Pauli Murray’s birth with a new play that explores the life and legacy of one of North Carolina’s own.
Pauli Murray 100th Birthday Celebration
Join us Sunday, November 21, 2010 for cake, poetry and celebration of Pauli Murray’s 100th Birthday. 3-5 p.m.
> MoreStrength from All My Roots: Textile Arts Honoring the Legacy of Pauli Murray
Come and enjoy this tremendous exhibition at a reception, Friday, November 19, 2010 from 6-9 p.m. – part of the Third Friday activities.
> MoreClean Up Day at Pauli Murray’s Childhood Home
Come and help us begin the process of transforming 906 Carroll Street. This Saturday November 6, two shifts 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 1-4 p.m.
> MorePauli Murray v. UNC: Wrestling with Change in the Jim Crow South
In 1938, Pauli Murray applied for admittance to a graduate program at UNC-CH. She was denied acceptance because of her race. With her eloquent words and tenacious determination, she confronted the legal segregation of pubic education.
> MoreNovember Marks the Beginning of the Pauli Murray Centennial Celebration
Join us as we commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Pauli Murray’s birth. Performances, Exhibitions and Panel Discussions open to everyone…
> MoreLest It Never Be Told: A Conversation about Durham Histories — November 3rd, 12 noon
What are the stories we know about Durham? What about stories we haven’t heard so often? How do some stories become well known while others fade from public view? How do histories shape the way we think about our hometown?
> MorePauli Murray Childhood Home – Community Visioning Gathering – October 16th 9 a.m. – 12 noon
Join with your neighbors and friends to imagine a significant and purposeful future for Pauli Murray’s childhood home.
> MorePauli Murray featured in NC Episcopal Magazine
Pauli Murray featured in NC Episcopal Magazine
> MoreAugust 22 Community Dialogue about Durham School Desegregation
Everyone is invited to Commemorating Courage: A Community Dialogue about School Desegregation
> MoreInvitation to Pauli Murray summer reading group
Everyone is invited to join a three-session Pauli Murray summer reading group in downtown Durham.
> MoreJuly 1 Celebration of Pauli Murray’s Life
July 1 Celebration of Pauli Murray’s Life
> MoreLooking Back 50 Years – Durham school desegregation
Charmaine McKissick-Melton offered her views on this historic event.
> MoreOur City, Our Stories Community Dialogue May 13
All Durham residents are invited to participate in open community dialogues about their Durham stories
> MorePauli Murray Project In 1 Minute – New Video
One minute introduction to the Pauli Murray Project
> MorePauli Murray live on tape
Listen to Pauli Murray Interview from the UNC-CH archive, conducted by historian Genna Rae McNeil in 1976.
> MorePauli Murray Lecture with Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall:
New Videos Now Online!
Dr. Guy-Sheftall is the founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center and the Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies at Spelman College. She is also the President of the National Women’s Studies Association.
> MoreMapping Civil & Human Activism – Live Now
Duke students create new multi-media google map as part of class associated with the Pauli Murray Project
> MoreDurham City Council Honors Pauli Murray
A Proclamation Honoring Pauli Murray’s Legacy was presented during the November 16 Durham City Council Meeting.
> MorePauli Murray Birthday Party
November 22, 2009
Cake, Celebration and Poetry with local artists and members of Pauli Murray’s family
Google Map Presentation – Activism in Durham
A presentation by Barbara Lau and students about their work to document Pauli Murray’s legacy in Durham.
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