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26 de jul. de 2020 · An influential educator and activist, Mary Church Terrell was born Mary Eliza Church on September 23, 1863, in Memphis, Tennessee. Her parents, Robert Reed Church and his wife, Louisa Ayers, were both former enslaved people who used their freedom to become small-business owners and make themselves vital members of Memphis’ growing Black population.
16 de mai. de 2021 · Superbly-educated and multi-lingual, Mary Church Terrell was well-equipped to fight for suffrage on two fronts: gender and racial equality. The daughter of former slaves, she earned a Master’s degree from Oberlin College, and eventually received three honorary doctorates in recognition of her literary, oratorical and civil rights achievements.
Reviews of Unceasing Militant “Kudos to Alison Parker for her vivid portrait of the unparalleled Mary Church Terrell. In a life lived between 1863 and the end of slavery and 1954 and the birth of modern civil rights, Terrell used ‘dignified agitation’ to wage a freedom struggle against lynching and racism and in support of women’s votes, equal education, antiwar efforts, and civil rights.
By Alison M. Parker. Born into slavery during the Civil War, Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954) would become one of the most prominent activists of her time, with a career bridging the late nineteenth century to the civil rights movement of the 1950s. The first president of the National Association of Colored Women and a founding member of the ...
13 de abr. de 2021 · Women & the American Story, Episode 17Learn more about Mary Church Terrell, a lifelong activist who advocated for suffrage and equal rights on local, nationa...
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17 de ago. de 2020 · Mary Church Terrell voiced her dissent as she saw women of color increasingly pushed to the sidelines of the movement. At the 1913 women’s march, for instance, suffragists of color were asked to march in the back or to hold their own march. But Terrell refused and marched with the Black women of Delta Sigma Theta sorority from Howard University.
22 de jul. de 2020 · Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954), the daughter of former slaves, was a national leader for civil rights and women’s suffrage.Her activism was sparked in 1892 when one of her childhood friends was ...
