National Council of Negro Women, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 47 relations: Africa, African Americans, Africana womanism, Ann M. Fudge, Bethune–Cookman University, Bill Cosby, Camille Cosby, Cathy Hughes, Central National Bank (Washington, D.C.), Cicely Tyson, Daytona Beach, Florida, Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, Dorothy Height, Earl W. Stafford, Emancipation Proclamation, Equal Rights Amendment, George Washington Carver, John Lewis, Johnnetta Cole, List of women's organizations, Marian Wright Edelman, Martin Luther King Jr., Mary McLeod Bethune, Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial, Maya Angelou, Mississippi, Nancy Wilson (jazz singer), NASA, National Archives for Black Women's History, National Black Family Reunion, Nonprofit organization, Oprah Winfrey, Oral history, Pennsylvania Avenue, Personal narrative, Political criticism, Quincy Jones, Sidney Poitier, Steve Perry, Susan L. Taylor, Tom Joyner, United States, Valerie Montgomery Rice, Vanessa Williams, Vernon Jordan, Vivian Carter Mason, Washington, D.C..

2. African-American feminism
3. Civil rights movement organizations
4. Women's International Democratic Federation affiliates

Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.

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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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Africana womanism

"Africana womanism" is a term coined in the late 1980s by Clenora Hudson-Weems, intended as an ideology applicable to all women of African descent.

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Ann M. Fudge

Ann Marie Fudge (born Ann Marie Brown on April 23, 1951) is an American businesswoman who is on a number of corporate boards, including those of General Electric, Novartis, Unilever and Infosys, as well as on several non-profit boards.

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Bethune–Cookman University

Bethune–Cookman University (B–CU or Bethune–Cookman) is a private historically black university in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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Bill Cosby

William Henry Cosby Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American former comedian, actor, spokesman, and media personality.

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Camille Cosby

Camille Olivia Cosby (Hanks; born March 20, 1944) is an American television producer, philanthropist, and the wife of comedian Bill Cosby.

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Cathy Hughes

Catherine Liggins Hughes (born Catherine Elizabeth Woods; April 22, 1947) is an American entrepreneur, radio and television personality and business executive.

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Central National Bank (Washington, D.C.)

The Central National Bank, also known as the Dorothy I. Height Building, or Apex Building, is the national headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.

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Cicely Tyson

Cecily Louise "Cicely" Tyson (December 19, 1924January 28, 2021) was an American actress known for her portrayal of strong African-American women.

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Daytona Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach is a coastal resort city in Volusia County, Florida, United States.

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Dorothy Boulding Ferebee

Dorothy Celeste Ferebee (Boulding; October 10, 1898 – September 14, 1980) was an American obstetrician and civil rights activist.

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Dorothy Height

Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010) was an African-American civil rights and women's rights activist.

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Earl W. Stafford

Earl W. Stafford, Sr. (born May 14, 1948) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist.

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Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.

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Equal Rights Amendment

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would, if added, explicitly prohibit sex discrimination.

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George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver (1864 – January 5, 1943) was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.

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John Lewis

John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020.

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Johnnetta Cole

Johnnetta Betsch Cole (born October 19, 1936) is an American anthropologist, educator, museum director, and college president.

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List of women's organizations

This is a list of women's organization by civics.

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Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman (Wright; born June 6, 1939) is an American activist for civil rights and children's rights.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.

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Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist.

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Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial

Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial is a bronze statue honoring educator and activist Mary McLeod Bethune, by Robert Berks.

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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)

Nancy Sue Wilson (February 20, 1937 – December 13, 2018) was an American singer whose career spanned over five decades, from the mid-1950s until her retirement in the early 2010s.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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National Archives for Black Women's History

National Archives for Black Women's History (formerly the National Council of Negro Women's National Library, Archives, and Museum) is an archive located at 3300 Hubbard Rd, Landover, Maryland.

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National Black Family Reunion

The Black Family Reunion Celebration (also written about as the National Black Family Reunion and, most recently, The Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion Celebration) is a two- to three-day cultural event, held annually the third weekend of August, to "reinforce the historic strengths and traditional values of the Black family." It is coordinated by the National Council of Negro Women.

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Nonprofit organization

A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, or simply a nonprofit (using the adjective as a noun), is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners.

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Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Gail Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954), known mononymously as Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor.

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Oral history

Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about people, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews.

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Pennsylvania Avenue

Pennsylvania Avenue is a primarily diagonal street in Washington, D.C. that connects the United States Capitol with the White House and then crosses northwest Washington, D.C. to Georgetown.

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Personal narrative

Personal narrative (PN) is a prose narrative relating personal experience usually told in first person; its content is nontraditional.

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Political criticism

Political criticism, also referred to as political commentary or political discussion, is a type of criticism that is specific of or relevant to politics, including policies, politicians, political parties, and types of government.

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Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer.

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Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian–American actor, film director, and diplomat.

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Steve Perry

Stephen Ray Perry (born January 22, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter.

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Susan L. Taylor

Susan L. Taylor (born January 23, 1946) is an American editor, writer, and journalist.

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Tom Joyner

Thomas Joyner (born November 23, 1949) is an American radio personality, host, philanthropist and former musician.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Valerie Montgomery Rice

Valerie Montgomery Rice is an American obstetrician, gynecologist, and college administrator.

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Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, model, producer, and dancer.

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Vernon Jordan

Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr. (August 15, 1935 – March 1, 2021) was an American business executive and civil rights attorney who worked for various civil rights movement organizations before becoming a close advisor to President Bill Clinton.

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Vivian Carter Mason

Vivian Carter Mason (born Vivian Carter; February 10, 1890 – May 10, 1982) was a staunch advocate for women's and civil rights as well as an ardent supporter of universal education.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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See also

African-American feminism

• A Voice from the South
• Alexis McGill Johnson
• All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave
• Azalea: A Magazine by Third World Lesbians
• Black Feminist Future
• Black, White, and Jewish
• Combahee River Collective
• Crunk Feminist Collection
• Incite!
• National Black Feminist Organization
• National Council of Negro Women
• Ratchet feminism
• Salsa Soul Sisters
• SayHerName
• The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen
• Third Woman Press
• This Bridge Called My Back
• Womanism

Civil rights movement organizations

• Atlanta Negro Voters League
• Atlanta Student Movement
• Black Liberators
• Black Panther Party
• Civil Rights Movement Archive
• Committee for Freedom Now
• Committee on Appeal for Human Rights
• Council for United Civil Rights Leadership
• Council of Federated Organizations
• Dallas County Voters League
• DePorres Club
• Freedom Farm Cooperative
• Freedom libraries
• Lowndes County Freedom Organization
• Medical Committee for Human Rights
• Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
• Mississippi Freedom Project (oral history project)
• Montgomery Improvement Association
• NAACP
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• Nashville Student Movement
• National Council of Negro Women
• Northern Student Movement
• Operation Breadbasket
• Organization of Afro-American Unity
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• Southern Conference Educational Fund
• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
• Voter Education Project

Women's International Democratic Federation affiliates

• All-China Women's Federation
• Antifascist Committee of Soviet Women
• Arab Women Organization of Jordan
• Bangladesh Mahila Parishad
• Brazilian Women's Federation
• Committee of the Bulgarian Women's Movement
• Congress of American Women
• Congress of Canadian Women
• Conselho Nacional das Mulheres Portuguesas
• Czechoslovak Women's Union
• Democratic Association of Hungarian Women
• Democratic Organization of Iranian Women
• Democratic Women's Association
• Democratic Women's League of Germany
• Federation of Cuban Women
• Femmes solidaires
• General Federation of Iraqi Women
• General Union of Palestinian Women
• General Union of Yemeni Women
• Gerwani
• Iraqi Women's League
• League of Polish Women
• Luisa Amanda Espinoza Association of Nicaraguan Women
• Movimento Democrático de Mulheres
• National Assembly of Women
• National Council of Negro Women
• National Council of Women (Romania)
• National Federation of Indian Women
• National Union of Algerian Women
• National Union of Sahrawi Women
• Organization of Angolan Women
• Organization of Mozambican Women
• Socialist Women's Union of Korea
• Sudanese Women's Union
• Union of Albanian Women
• Union of Australian Women
• Union of Luxembourg Women
• United African National Council
• Vietnam Women's Union
• Women's Antifascist Front of Yugoslavia

References

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

Also known as NCNW, The National Council of Negro Women, Uncommon Height Awards.