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Saving Pauli Murray’s Roots

Pauli Murray and Durham’s West End from The Episcopal Diocese of NC on Vimeo.

The Rev. Pauli Murray’s childhood home in Durham was designated a National Historic Landmark on Jan. 11. Mayme Webb-Bledsoe, longtime resident of the West End-Lyon Park neighborhood and board chairwoman of the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice, describes the neighborhood’s efforts to win recognition for the home.

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Matthew Townsend is the former news editor of The Living Church and former editor of the Anglican Journal. He lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

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