EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1800; MARY CHURCH TERRELL P/43

 

                                                                  Read Part One HERE

In this  post I will continue to focus on a woman named Mary Church Terell, She lived from 1863 - 1954. Mary's activism was sparked in 1892, when an old friend, Thomas Moss, was lynched in Mephis by whites because his business competed with theirs. 

Mary joined Ida B. Wells-Barnett in anti-lynching campaigns, but Mary's life work focused on the notion of racial uplift, the belief that blacks would help end racial discrimination by advancing themselves and other members of the race through education, work and community activism.

Mary's words - "Lifting as we climb," became the motto of the National Association of Coloured Women, the group she helped found in 1896. She was president from 1896 - 1901. As president, Mary campaigned tirelessly among black organisations and mainstream white organisations, writing and speaking extensively.

Read Post Forty-Four HERE