Peace to Pauli Murray, she was quite the pioneer. A lawyer, activist, scholar and priest. Pauli Murray was first in her class at Howard University Law school and the only woman. She is the first African American to earn a J.S.D. from Yale Law School and a co-founder of the National Organization for Women. She wore many hats and according to The Pauli Murray Center, she didn’t conform to biological sex. “Throughout the 1930s, Murray actively questioned his gender and sex. He repeatedly asked physicians for hormone therapy and exploratory surgery to investigate his reproductive organs, but he was denied gender-affirming medical care.” In 1965, Pauli became the first African-American to receive a JSD degree from Yale Law School. Murray’s accomplishments are abundant and extraordinary. Not only was Murray one of the first black women to practice law, in 1977, she became the first black female ordained priest in The Episcopal Church. Moreover, she was a close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt and advisor to presidents Franklin Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. In all regards, Pauli Murray was highly impressive and clearly ahead of her time. In fact, she was so ahead of her time that her importance often goes unrecognized and excluded from the popular narrative of the Civil Rights Movement. Salute!