Lesson plans and curriculum

Pauli Murray: Fighting Jane and Jim Crow

• Lesson plan for 9-12 grade students. Learn about Pauli Murray’s life, accomplishments, and her activism across multiple movements.

Role of Gay Men and Lesbians in the Civil Rights Movement 

• Lesson plan for 9-12 grade students. Learn more about prominent LGBT activists often excluded from the dominant narrative of the Civil Rights Movement. 

  Lesson plans from Teaching Tolerance, a Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center

Youth Prophecy Poetry Curriculum

• Guide for educators who want to engage youth with Pauli Murray’s life, writing, and work. Contains information about the Youth.

Pauli Murray Scavenger Hunt

• A fun activity designed to encourage people to tour the Pauli Murray murals in Durham and to engage with her life and words. *Created by Katherine Turner, Senior Advisor for IPAS and member of Pauli Murray Project Programming Committee.

Mapping Civil and Human Rights Activism in Durham, North Carolina

• Interactive map detailing prominent locations relating to civil and human rights in Durham through text, photographs, and audio documentary. This project was created in collaboration with students from Duke and North Carolina Central Universities.

Proud Shoes Book Club Discussion Questions

Guiding questions for a reading group on Pauli Murray’s Proud Shoes: The Story of an American Family.