Efforts in Integration
Mary Church Terrell worked with Fredrick Douglass on civil rights campaigns. She was active in many organizations throughout her life. At the beginning of her fight for African American rights she was part of the newly formed National Association of Colored Women (NACW), and she became the first president of the association. This association helped orphans, and established daycares and kindergartens. She was appointed to the District of Columbia Board of Education through 1895 to 1906. Mary was the first colored woman in the United States to have such a high position.
She was a member of the National American Suffrage Association. Her primary concern was that the organization fight for the right for black women to vote. She was part of the African-American Women's Club Movement and this club was to help people know about the struggles that black women faced for equality. She was the first women to be elected to the Bethel Literary and Historical Society, the prominent Washington DC black debate organization.
One of the biggest moments in Mary's life was when she was invited to speak at the International Congress of Women, which was held in Berlin, Germany. Mary was the only black woman at the conference. She delivered her speech in German, French, and English, and received a standing ovation.
Mary was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and also helped start the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Mary was very involved in many prominent organizations, and her efforts were revolutionary.
Her biggest success for integration began in 1950 when she started a fight to integrate eating places in the District of Columbia. In 1949 she was refused service in a restaurant. She filed a lawsuit and won. She also targeted other restaurants refusing blacks service, and staged sit-ins, boycotts, and picketing. On June 8, 1953, the court ruled that segregated places in Washington, DC were unconstitutional.
She continued to fight for integration until she died at the age of 90!
She was a member of the National American Suffrage Association. Her primary concern was that the organization fight for the right for black women to vote. She was part of the African-American Women's Club Movement and this club was to help people know about the struggles that black women faced for equality. She was the first women to be elected to the Bethel Literary and Historical Society, the prominent Washington DC black debate organization.
One of the biggest moments in Mary's life was when she was invited to speak at the International Congress of Women, which was held in Berlin, Germany. Mary was the only black woman at the conference. She delivered her speech in German, French, and English, and received a standing ovation.
Mary was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and also helped start the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Mary was very involved in many prominent organizations, and her efforts were revolutionary.
Her biggest success for integration began in 1950 when she started a fight to integrate eating places in the District of Columbia. In 1949 she was refused service in a restaurant. She filed a lawsuit and won. She also targeted other restaurants refusing blacks service, and staged sit-ins, boycotts, and picketing. On June 8, 1953, the court ruled that segregated places in Washington, DC were unconstitutional.
She continued to fight for integration until she died at the age of 90!
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