国立アメリカ歴史博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (国立アメリカ歴史博物館Instagram)「Mary Church Terrell's career as an activist spanned generations. In her fifties, she stood alongside the "Silent Sentinels" as they picketed the White House, pressuring President Woodrow Wilson to support the 19th Amendment. In her eighties, she sat down at segregated lunch counters, protesting segregation in Washington, D.C. As an educator, writer, and activist, Mary Church Terrell fought for civil rights and women’s rights her entire life. In the 1890s, Terrell co-founded and served as the first president of National Association of Colored Women (NACW). As the NACW's president, Terrell worked to support Black communities nationwide, and she also pushed to bring national attention to African Americans' achievements and demands for equal treatment. Terrell pressed white suffragists to support African American women's right to vote, and she continued the fight to secure Black women’s access to the ballot after the ratification of the #19thAmendment. In 1909, Terrell helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAAACP). Terrell was a lifelong advocate for equality and opportunity, and she continued to take an active role in fighting racial oppression into the 1950s. In addition to serving as a chairwoman of the Coordinating Committee for the Enforcement of the District of Columbia Anti-Discrimination Laws, Terrell purposely sat at segregated lunch counters and took the establishments who refused her service to court. #AmericanHistory #BecauseOfHerStory #19SuffrageStories #WomensHistory #AfricanAmericanHistory #SuffrageHistory #VoteHistory #CivilRightsHistory #AmericanDemocracy」8月25日 2時39分