Mary Church Terrell, the Forgotten “Face of African American Women’s Suffrage Activism"

Mary Church Terrell, the Forgotten “Face of the African American Women’s Suffrage Activism"

Mary Church Terrell, the Forgotten “Face of African American Women’s Suffrage Activism”

Mary Church Terrell, a Black civil rights activist, was left out of history. In her new book, Alison Parker writes of Terrell’s lifelong militancy. In her Aug. 19 nomination acceptance speech, Vice President Kamala Harris stated: “Women like Mary Church Terrell and Mary McCleod Bethune. Fannie Lou Hamer and Diane Nash. Constance Baker Motley and … Continue reading Mary Church Terrell, the Forgotten “Face of African American Women’s Suffrage Activism”