Author:
Parker, Alison M. (Alison Marie), 1965- author.
ImprintChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Description449 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note:Introduction: from emancipation to Brown -- The roots of activism -- Love and partnership -- Leading the National Association of Colored Women -- The Black elite: finances, militancy, and family -- The invasion of Jim Crow, 1913-1914 -- Black feminism: contesting stereotypes and asserting equality -- Civil rights and partisan politics, 1890-1932 -- Ruth Hanna McCormick's senate campaign -- Attraction and politics in the Great Depression: representative Oscar Stanton DePriest -- Discrimination and partisan politics in New Deal agencies -- Remaining Republican during the rise of the New Deal Democrats -- Personal peace and social justice -- Fighting for equality: integration and anticommunism -- The Black freedom struggle -- Conclusion.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-424) and index.
Note:"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."-- Provided by publisher.
