Rainbow Reading Group
Song In A Weary Throat by Pauli Murray
The African American Cultural Center, LGBTQ Pride Center, Women’s Center, Multicultural Student Affairs, and NC State Libraries have joined together to host a full semester book club to read and discuss the award winning book, Song In a Weary Throat by Pauli Murray this spring semester 2026.
Each month book club sessions will be hosted by a different student success center. The book club will also visit the Pauli Murray Center together in April.
Registration for this book club is now closed.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, NC State will honor requests for reasonable accommodations made by individuals with disabilities. Direct accommodation requests to: Wynter Douglas at wldougla@ncsu.edu
* This spring semester book club will be for undergraduate and graduate students.
Introducing Pauli Murray:
‘The Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray was a twentieth-century human rights activist, legal scholar, author, labor organizer, poet, Episcopal priest, multiracial Black, LGBTQ+ Durhamite who lived one of the most remarkable lives of the 20th century. S/he was the first Black person to earn a JSD (Doctor of the Science of Law) degree from Yale Law School, a founder of the National Organization for Women and the first Black person perceived as a woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest.’ – Pauli Murray Center
“A prophetic memoir by the activist who “articulated the intellectual foundations” (The New Yorker) of the civil rights and women’s rights movements. Poet, memoirist, labor organizer, and Episcopal priest, Pauli Murray helped transform the law of the land.” – Publisher
The First
African American individual to receive
a JSD from Yale Law School
The First
African American woman in the United States
to become an Episcopal priest.
Author of:
– Proud Shoes
– Dark Testament
– States’ laws on race and color, and appendices
-Song in a Weary Throat
Reading Group Sessions
*All sessions will be Hybrid – In person at the designated student success centers and via zoom – register to be added to the calendar invite
- January, 22nd, 12-2pm – LGBTQ Pride Center, Talley Student Union
- Meet and greet + discussion of Introduction to Song in a Weary Throat
- February 5th, 12-2pm, African American Cultural Center Library, Witherspoon Student Center
- Chapters 1-3 and 7 & 8
- February 24th 12- 2pm, Multicultural Student Affairs, Talley Student Union
- Chapters 9, 11, 15, 16 and 19
- March 24th – 12-2pm, Women’s Center, Talley Student Union
- Chapters 20 – 22, 24- 25, & 26
- April 7th, 12-1pm the Fishbowl, D.H. Hill Library
- Chapters 27, 29 – 30, 34
🗣️✨The Rainbow Reading Group will be hosted by the AACC Library for Session 2, Feb 5th 12-2pm! Led by AACC Library Assistant Kyla Griffin (she/her) and AACC Librarian Wynter Douglas (they/them).
📚🎁Registered participants may pick up their book and reading kit at the AACC Library circulation desk anytime we’re open.
📖We’ll be discussing chapters 1-3 and 7&8 of Song in a Weary Throat by Pauli Murray.
ℹ️Check out The AACC website for more info
Jan 29
Join our Spring Semester Book Club! Read Song In a Weary Throat by Pauli Murray with The African American Cultural Center, LGBTQ Pride Center, Women’s Center, and NC State Libraries! 📖📚
Each month book club sessions will be hosted by a different cultural center and we’ll go on a private tour of the Pauli Murray Center in Durham! 🌍
Sign up to express interest in participating and we’ll send you more information soon.
The first 20 people to sign up for the book club will receive a free book and reading kit curated by the African American Cultural Center Library, Multicultural Students Affairs, the Women’s Center, the LGBT Pride center and the NC State Libraries! 📓📚
Check out our webpage in our bio for all the details!!
https://aacc.dasa.ncsu.edu/library/rainbow-reading-group/
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, NC State will honor requests for reasonable accommodations made by individuals with disabilities. Direct accommodation requests to: Wynter Douglas at wldougla@ncsu.edu
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