Champions of Equality: Mary Church Terrell

Join the Alice Paul Center for a conversation with Dr. Alison Parker on her book Unceasing Militant: The Life of Mary Church Terrell. This presentation will be held Saturday, May 10th at 1 PM at the Alice Paul Center, 128, Hooton Road, Mount Laurel, NJ.

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 NAACP, Terrell collaborated closely with the likes of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, and W. E. B. Du Bois. Unceasing Militant is the first full-length biography of Terrell, bringing her vibrant voice and personality to life. Though most accounts of Terrell focus almost exclusively on her public activism, Alison M. Parker also looks at the often turbulent, unexplored moments in her life to provide a more complete account of a woman dedicated to changing the culture and institutions that perpetuated inequality throughout the United States.

To register and learn more: https://www.alicepaul.org/champions-of-equality-mary-church-terrell/