TY - BOOK AU - Parker,Alison M. TI - Unceasing Militant: the Life of Mary Church Terrell T2 - The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture SN - 9781469659404 AV - E185.97.T47 P37 2020 U1 - 323/.092B 23 PY - 2020///] CY - Chapel Hill PB - The University of North Carolina Press KW - Terrell, Mary Church, KW - National Association of Colored Women (U.S.) KW - Biography KW - fast KW - African American women civil rights workers KW - African American women social reformers KW - Défenseuses des droits de l'homme noires américaines KW - Biographies KW - Réformatrices sociales noires américaines KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Cultural Heritage KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references 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 N2 - "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"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2432672 ER -