Unceasing Militant : the Life of Mary Church Terrell /
Parker, Alison M. 1965-
Unceasing Militant : the Life of Mary Church Terrell / Alison M. Parker. - Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, (c)2020. Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000. - 1 online resource - The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: From Emancipation to Brown -- 1. The Roots of Activism -- 2. Love and Partnership -- 3. Leading the National Association of Colored Women -- 4. The Black Elite: Finances, Militancy, and Family -- 5. The Invasion of Jim Crow, 1913-1914 -- 6. Black Feminism: Contesting Stereotypes and Asserting Equality -- 7. Civil Rights and Partisan Politics, 1890-1932 -- 8. Ruth Hanna McCormick's Senate Campaign -- 9. Attraction and Politics in the Great Depression: Representative Oscar Stanton DePriest 10. Discrimination and Partisan Politics in New Deal Agencies -- 11. Remaining Republican during the Rise of the New Deal Democrats -- 12. Religion: Personal Peace and Social Justice -- 13. Fighting for Equality: Integration and Anticommunism -- 14. The Black Freedom Struggle -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
"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"--
9781469659404
Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954.
Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954.
National Association of Colored Women (U.S.)--Biography.
African American women civil rights workers--Biography.
African American women social reformers--Biography.
Electronic Books.
E185 / .U534 2020
Unceasing Militant : the Life of Mary Church Terrell / Alison M. Parker. - Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, (c)2020. Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000. - 1 online resource - The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: From Emancipation to Brown -- 1. The Roots of Activism -- 2. Love and Partnership -- 3. Leading the National Association of Colored Women -- 4. The Black Elite: Finances, Militancy, and Family -- 5. The Invasion of Jim Crow, 1913-1914 -- 6. Black Feminism: Contesting Stereotypes and Asserting Equality -- 7. Civil Rights and Partisan Politics, 1890-1932 -- 8. Ruth Hanna McCormick's Senate Campaign -- 9. Attraction and Politics in the Great Depression: Representative Oscar Stanton DePriest 10. Discrimination and Partisan Politics in New Deal Agencies -- 11. Remaining Republican during the Rise of the New Deal Democrats -- 12. Religion: Personal Peace and Social Justice -- 13. Fighting for Equality: Integration and Anticommunism -- 14. The Black Freedom Struggle -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
"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"--
9781469659404
Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954.
Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954.
National Association of Colored Women (U.S.)--Biography.
African American women civil rights workers--Biography.
African American women social reformers--Biography.
Electronic Books.
E185 / .U534 2020