Today at Ms . | February 17, 2021

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Sundance 2021: Documentary “My Name is Pauli Murray” Illuminates the Life of Visionary Feminist Lawyer [[link removed]]

BY AVIVA DOVE-VIEBAHN | The documentary “My Name is Pauli Murray” does admirable work not only recounting the facts of Murray’s life, but also of reminding viewers how many of Murray’s resistances to the discriminatory status quo occurred years before the landmark civil rights cases we know from history books.

Mary Church Terrell, the Forgotten “Face of African American Women’s Suffrage Activism” [[link removed]]

BY ALISON PARKER | Mary Church Terrell, a Black civil rights activist, was left out of history. In her new book, "Unceasing Militant: The Life of Mary Church Terrell," Alison Parker writes of Terrell’s lifelong militancy.

Fulton County DA Fani Willis Is Holding Trump Accountable [[link removed]]

BY KYLIE CHEUNG | As the historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump failed to convict, District Attorney Fani Willis of Fulton County, Ga., is working to hold the former president accountable in her own jurisdiction.

“I’ve had to double my security. We’ve gotten a lot of comments. And they’re always racist. I don’t think it’s an insult to remind me I’m a Black woman. It’s a waste of their time.”

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