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Mary Church Terrell, the Glossary

Mary Terrell (born Mary Church; September 23, 1863 – July 24, 1954) was an American civil rights activist, journalist, teacher and one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree.^[1]

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American people of Malagasy descent
Members of the District of Columbia Board of Education
Presidents of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs

A.M.E. Church Review

The A.M.E. Church Review is the journal of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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African Methodist Episcopal Church

The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a Methodist denomination based in the United States.

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Alice Paul

Alice Stokes Paul (January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was an American Quaker, suffragist, feminist, and women's rights activist, and one of the foremost leaders and strategists of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits sex discrimination in the right to vote. Mary Church Terrell and Alice Paul are American suffragists.

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American Association of University Women

The American Association of University Women (AAUW), officially founded in 1881, is a non-profit organization that advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research.

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Anna J. Cooper

Anna Julia Cooper (Haywood; August 10, 1858February 27, 1964) was an American author, educator, sociologist, speaker, Black liberation activist, Black feminist leader, and one of the most prominent African-American scholars in United States history. Mary Church Terrell and Anna J. Cooper are Oberlin College alumni.

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Annapolis, Maryland

Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Antioch College

Antioch College is a private liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

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Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin baccalaureus) or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin baccalaureatus) is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years (depending on institution and academic discipline).

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Baltimore Afro-American

The Baltimore Afro-American, commonly known as The Afro or Afro News, is a weekly African-American newspaper published in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Bethel Literary and Historical Society

The Bethel Literary and Historical Society was an organization founded in 1881 by African Methodist Episcopal Church Bishop Daniel Payne and continued at least until 1915.

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Black elite

The term 'Black elite' refers to elites within black communities in Western countries, that are either political, economic, intellectual or cultural in nature.

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Black suffrage in the United States

African Americans were fully enfranchised in practice throughout the United States by the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. Mary Church Terrell and Booker T. Washington are African-American writers and American writers.

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Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.

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Charleston Gazette-Mail

The Charleston Gazette-Mail is a non-daily morning newspaper in Charleston, West Virginia.

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Charlotte Forten Grimké

Charlotte Louise Bridges Grimké (Forten; August 17, 1837 – July 23, 1914) was an African American anti-slavery activist, poet, and educator. Mary Church Terrell and Charlotte Forten Grimké are African-American writers.

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Colored Women's League

The Colored Women's League (CWL) of Washington, D.C., was a woman's club, organized by a group of African-American women in June 1892, with Helen Appo Cook as president.

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Delta Sigma Theta

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (ΔΣΘ) is a historically African American sorority.

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Destination Freedom

Destination Freedom was a series of weekly radio programs which was produced by WMAQ in Chicago.

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Disfranchisement after the Reconstruction era

Disfranchisement after the Reconstruction era in the United States, especially in the Southern United States, was based on a series of laws, new constitutions, and practices in the South that were deliberately used to prevent black citizens from registering to vote and voting.

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District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co.

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Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.)

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is a historically black public secondary school located in Washington, D.C. The school was America's first public high school for black students.

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Ebony (magazine)

Ebony is a monthly magazine that focuses on news, culture, and entertainment.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, or February 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. Mary Church Terrell and Frederick Douglass are activists for African-American civil rights, African-American suffragists, American suffragists and Maryland Republicans.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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Gert Town, New Orleans

Gert Town is a neighborhood in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.

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H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer.

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Helen Appo Cook

Helen Appo Cook (July 21, 1837 – November 20, 1913) was a wealthy, prominent African-American community activist in Washington, D.C., and a leader in the women's club movement. Mary Church Terrell and Helen Appo Cook are African-American suffragists and American suffragists.

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Highland Beach, Maryland

Highland Beach is a town in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.

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Historically black colleges and universities

Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving African Americans.

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Howard University

Howard University is a private, historically black, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., located in the Shaw neighborhood.

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Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $186.3 billion (2022 USD) in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area.

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Ida B. Wells

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. Mary Church Terrell and Ida B. Wells are activists for African-American civil rights, African-American suffragists, American suffragists, American women civil rights activists and NAACP activists.

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Ida Gibbs

Ida Alexander Gibbs Hunt (November 16, 1862 – December 19, 1957) was an advocate of racial and gender equality and co-founded one of the first YWCAs in Washington, D.C., for African-Americans in 1905. Mary Church Terrell and Ida Gibbs are NAACP activists and Oberlin College alumni.

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Indianapolis Freeman

The Indianapolis Freeman (1884–1926) was the first illustrated black newspaper in the United States.

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International Congress of Women

The International Congress of Women was created so that groups of existing women's suffrage movements could come together with other women's groups around the world.

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Italian language

Italian (italiano,, or lingua italiana) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire.

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James A. Garfield

James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was an American politician who served as the 20th president of the United States from March 1881 until his assassination in September that year. Mary Church Terrell and James A. Garfield are activists for African-American civil rights.

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Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

Josephine St. Mary Church Terrell and Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin are activists for African-American civil rights, African-American suffragists and American women civil rights activists.

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Journalist

A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lawsuit

A lawsuit is a proceeding by one or more parties (the plaintiff or claimant) against one or more parties (the defendant) in a civil court of law.

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LeDroit Park

LeDroit Park is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C. located immediately southeast of Howard University.

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Lucy Burns

Lucy Burns (July 28, 1879 – December 22, 1966) was an American suffragist and women's rights advocate. Mary Church Terrell and Lucy Burns are American suffragists.

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M Street High School

M Street High School, also known as Perry School, is a historic former school building located in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. It has been listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites since 1978 and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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Mamie Eisenhower

Mary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower (November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979) was the First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 as the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Mary Church Terrell House

The Mary Church Terrell House is a historic house at 326 T Street NW in Washington, D.C. It was a home of civil rights leader Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954), the first black woman to serve on an American school board, and a leading force in the desegregation of public accommodations in the nation's capital.

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Mary Jane Patterson

Mary Jane Patterson (September 12, 1840 – September 24, 1894) was an American educator who was born into an enslaved family. Mary Church Terrell and Mary Jane Patterson are Oberlin College alumni.

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Master's degree

A master's degree (from Latin) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Methodism

Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley.

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Military history of African Americans

The military history of African Americans spans African-American history, the history of the United States and the military history of the United States from the arrival of the first enslaved Africans during the colonial history of the United States to the present day.

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Modern language

A modern language is any human language that is currently in use as a native language.

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Molefi Kete Asante

Molefi Kete Asante (born Arthur Lee Smith Jr.; August 14, 1942) is an American philosopher who is a leading figure in the fields of African-American studies, African studies, and communication studies.

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NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.

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National American Woman Suffrage Association

The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was an organization formed on February 18, 1890, to advocate in favor of women's suffrage in the United States.

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National Association of Colored Women's Clubs

The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) is an American organization that was formed in July 1896 at the First Annual Convention of the National Federation of Afro-American Women in Washington, D.C., United States, by a merger of the National Federation of Afro-American Women, the Woman's Era Club of Boston, and the Colored Women's League of Washington, DC, at the call of Josephine St.

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National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.

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National Recreation Foundation

The National Recreation Foundation (NRF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing and encouraging youth with recreational activities to improve their quality of life.

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National Women's Hall of Fame

The National Women's Hall of Fame (NWHF) is an American institution founded to honor and recognize women.

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Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, in effect recognizing the right of women to vote.

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Oberlin College

Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio, United States.

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Oberlin, Ohio

Oberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States.

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Ohio

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly (– December 5, 1784) was an American author who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry.

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Phyllis Terrell

Phyllis Terrell Langston (April 2, 1898 – August 21 1989) was a suffragist and civil rights activist. Mary Church Terrell and Phyllis Terrell are activists for African-American civil rights, American suffragists and American women civil rights activists.

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Progressive Era

The Progressive Era (1901–1929) was a period in the United States during the early 20th century of widespread social activism and political reform across the country.

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Racial segregation

Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Richard Durham

Richard Isadore Durham (September 6, 1917 – April 27, 1984) was an African-American writer and radio producer. Mary Church Terrell and Richard Durham are activists for African-American civil rights.

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Robert Church Jr.

Robert Reed Church Jr. (October 26, 1885 – April 17, 1952) was a prominent businessman and Republican Party organizer in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Robert Heberton Terrell

Robert Heberton Terrell (November 27, 1857 – December 20, 1925) was an attorney and the second African American to serve as a justice of the peace in Washington, DC. In 1911 he was appointed as a judge to the District of Columbia Municipal Court by President William Howard Taft; he was one of four African-American men appointed to high office and considered his "Black Cabinet". Mary Church Terrell and Robert Heberton Terrell are black conservatism in the United States.

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Robert Reed Church

Robert Reed Church Sr. (June 18, 1839 – August 29, 1912) was an American entrepreneur, businessman and landowner in Memphis, Tennessee, who began his rise during the American Civil War. Mary Church Terrell and Robert Reed Church are American people of Malagasy descent and black conservatism in the United States.

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Slavery in the United States

The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South.

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Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Mary Church Terrell and Susan B. Anthony are American suffragists.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Church_Terrell

Also known as Euphemia Kirk, Mary Church, Mary Church Terrill, Mary Eliza Church Terrell, Mary Terrell, Mollie Church Terrell.

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American people of Malagasy descent

Members of the District of Columbia Board of Education

Presidents of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs

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