Mary Church Terrell was a reserved, yet outspoken activist who laid the foundation for the civil rights movement. Born in 1863, the year of the Emancipation Proclamation, she lived a bifurcated life ...

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Discover the legacy of Mary Church Terrell, cofounder of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, educator, and women’s rights advocate. Photograph of Mary Church Terrell by Addison N.

Throughout her life, Mary Church Terrell fought for the basic human right to be treated equally. Raised in privileged but degraded by persistent racial prejudice, Mary Church Terrell fought for the ...

Mary Eliza Church Terrell was born on Sept. 13, 1863, in Memphis, Tenn., to Robert and Louisa Church, both former slaves. Her parents were not freed until the end of the Civil War. The Reconstruction ...

How Mary Church Terrell challenged racial segregation in D.C. restaurants -- and won. In the 1940s, civil rights activists discovered that the key to ending segregation in D.C.’s restaurants might be ...

Mary Church Terrell devoted her life to two fights. The first: to secure women's right to vote. The second: civil rights for Black people in the U.S. “Whenever I present the justice of woman suffrage, ...

I recently received the National Association of University Women’s (NAUW) Mary Eliza Church Terrell award for exemplary global acts of service as a Hopeologist at the organization’s HBCU Sunshine ...

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Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Desk calendar monogrammed for Mary Church Terrell. The round calendar has an engraved metal frame with a flower motif.

An illustration of Mary Church Terrell School on Cleveland's West Side, just one of many that could be affected by a consolidation plan to be announced soon by Cleveland schools. The illustration is ...