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Pauli Murray

Born Anna Pauline Murray in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 20, 1910, Murray was the granddaughter of a slave and the great-granddaughter of a slave owner. She was the fourth of six children born to Agnes Murray (née

Inquietude

by Pauli Murray (1910–1985)

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Blue is this night of stars
But over the distant hill
I see lightning dart
  from a dusky cloud.
Discontent tears through me
  like the jagged flame
Which splits the air,
And like the answering thunder
I too would go

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