Pauli Murray Speech Analysis

Throughout her speech, Pauli Murray implicitly argues for the formation of a more egalitarian leadership structure within the civil rights organizations. For Murray, Mary and Martha represent social equality and embody sacrificial love for Jesus. In turn, Pauli Murray’s conception of democratic ideals of egalitarian leadership are shaped by her views on female discipleship portrayed in the Bible. However, Murray later argues that women activists’ sacrifice ought not to be in vain. As she later states, “One thing is crystal clear. The Negro woman can no longer postpone or subordinate the fight against discrimination because of sex to the civil rights struggle but must carry on both fights simultaneously.” Nevertheless, a message of equal opportunity