Unceasing Militant by Alison M Parker

Unceasing Militant by Alison M Parker

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. Though most accounts of Terrell focus almost exclusively on her public activism, Alison M. Parker also looks at the often turbulent, unexplored moments in her life to provide a more complete account of a woman dedicated to changing the culture and institutions that perpetuated inequality throughout the United States.

Drawing on newly discovered letters and diaries, Parker weaves together the joys and struggles of Terrell's personal, private life with the challenges and achievements of her public, political career, producing a stunning portrait of an often-underrecognized political leader. This new edition includes a new preface in which Parker reflects on the resurgence of public interest in Terrell and discusses the newly available digitized files of Terrell's papers at the Library of Congress.

Alison M. Parker is professor of history and women and gender studies at the University of Delaware.

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ISBN 13	9781469684055
ISBN 10	1469684055
Title	Unceasing Militant
Author	Alison M Parker
Series	The John Hope Franklin Series In African American History And Culture
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of North Carolina Press
Year published	2025-02-18
Number of pages	464
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