Unceasing militant : the life of Mary Church Terrell / Alison M. Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, Alison M. (Alison Marie), 1965- author.

Series:

John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954.

Terrell, Mary Church.

National Association of Colored Women (U.S.)--Biography.

National Association of Colored Women (U.S.).

African American women social reformers--Biography.

African American women social reformers.

African American women civil rights workers--Biography.

African American women civil rights workers.

Genre:

Biographies

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 453 pages : portraits ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition / with a new preface by the author.

Other Title:

Life of Mary Church Terrell

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2025]

Summary:

"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. This new edition includes a new preface in which Parker reflects on the resurgence of public interest in Terrell and discusses the newly available digitized files of Terrell's papers at the Library of Congress.1`"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface: Black women's history matters

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-424) and index.

ISBN:

1469684055

9781469684055

OCLC:

1456588392