Polly Murray, a Black Woman in the '20s, Was a Subversive.

Polly murray wanted to get a law degree, but faced many obstacles. She represented the systematic practice of white men's rape of black women that earlier actavist like ida b wells had alluded to in her critique of lynching. While at howard, she coined the term jane crow to underline the kind of discrimination she faced to day. A believer in civil disobedience, murray also participated in restaurant siddons in the early 19 forties and led a national campaign on behalf of a black share cropper,. odel waller, who was executed for killing his landlord in self defence in 19 forty two. Shortly after world war too, she joined the congress on