TO BUY THE SUN:
The Challenge of Pauli Murray
ABOUT:
The play is written by Lynden Harris, directed by Kathryn Hunter-Williams and features Chaunesti Webb and Brie Nash.
Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to stand, Pauli Murray refused to sit in the back of the bus; 20 years before the Greensboro sit-ins, she organized restaurant sit-downs in the nation’s capital. Durham native Pauli Murray not only lived on the edge of history, she seemingly “pulled it along with her.” One hundred twenty-three years after her enslaved grandmother was baptized at Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church in Chapel Hill, Pauli Murray returned as America’s first female African-American Episcopal priest to celebrate her groundbreaking Eucharist there. A lifelong champion for human rights, Pauli Murray’s struggles and insights resonate powerfully in our times. Celebrate her history; create our future. Join Hidden Voices, the Pauli Murray Project, and the Duke Human Rights Center as we commemorate the 100th anniversary of Pauli Murray’s birth with a new play that explores the life and legacy of one of North Carolina’s own.
“With open eyes and an open heart we are often called to choose
truth and risk over comfort and ease. Now is such a time as this.”
To Buy the Sun returns!
On September 23, we will present excerpts from To Buy the Sun, our multimedia play about Pauli Murray. The event features Kathy Williams, Meredith Snow, and Jade Arnold and is sponsored by the Orange County Human Relations Commission as a virtual event for teachers. We’re excited to be bringing Pauli back to the fore after our 2018 east coast tour of To Buy the Sun. For more information on Pauli, visit the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice www.paulimurraycenter. com. And check out the trailer for a new film, My Name Is Pauli Murray:
