Activist on behalf of African Americans and women, Mary Church Terrell was a charter member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and helped integrate the American Association of University Women (AAUW).
African American leader Mary Church Terrell worked for women's rights and racial justice. Her life spanned from just after the Emancipation Proclamation to just after Brown v. Board of Education.
Quotes by Mary Church Terrell - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Ida B. Wells and Mary Church Terrell had very different reactions when black women were asked to march at the end of a suffrage parade in 1913.
In this essay, titled "What Role Is the Educated Negro Woman to Play in the Uplifting of Her Race?," Mary Church Terrell considers how African Americans can "triumph over present obstacles."
Portrait of Terrell, from the collection of the Library of Congress.
An oil portrait of Terrell from the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. Page includes a short background sketch of Terrell.
A biography and outline of the contributions of Mary Church Terrell.
Biography by Roberta Church and Ronald Walter, part of a collection of profiles from Tennessee State.
Brief biography, part of the online collection, "The Progress of a People." Includes an image of a poster typically used to announce a lecture by Mary Church Terrell.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Mary Church Terrell lived in Washington, D.C. when she worked for integration in the District. This page shows her Washington home, not open to the public but on the National Register of Historic Places.
Founded by leading black and white, male and female leaders of the day (1909), merging an organization led by W. E. B. DuBois with concerned white supporters of racial justice.
A history of this significant organization, founded in 1896 by women including Harriet Tubman, Frances E. W. Harper, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Mary Church Terrell.
Audio and a transcription of two paragraphs rom a pamphlet by Mary Church Terrell. Site also includes the
whole pamphlet in text form with page images.
An 1898 address by Mary Church Terrell to the National American Women's Suffrage Association at the 50th anniversary of Seneca Falls.
An illustrated mini-essay on the life and work of Terrell, from the Library of Congress. The article is hyperlinked to more information from the Library of Congress web collections.
