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BLACK IN TIME: A Moment in OUR History

Hugh Gaddy · Monday, July 20th 2009 at 9:40PM · 117 views
Mary Church Terrell

On July 21, 1896, At The 19th Street Baptist Church In Washington, DC, The National Association Of Colored Women Was Formed By A Merger Of The National Federation Of Afro-American Women And The Colored Women's League. Mary Church Terrell, A DC School Board Member At The Time, Was Elected Its First President And The Organization Adopted The Slogan, "Lift As We Climb." Along With Ida B. Wells, Mary Church Terrell Was Pioneer Women's And Civil Rights Activist And One Of The Female Founders Of The Niagara Movement In 1909, Which Gave Rise To The NAACP. The Memphis, Tennessee Native Worked As A Civil Rights Activist Well Into Her 90s. She Was A Key Figure In The Effort To Desegregate Washington, DC Restaurants And Businesses In The 1950's. Terrell Died July 24, 1954 in Annapolis, Maryland. "In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.

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