Mary Church Terrell
Subtitle: speaking out for civil rights
By: Cookie Lommel.
Series: African-American biographies
Publisher: Enslow
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954 -- Juvenile literature.; Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954.; African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African American women social reformers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- Juvenile literature.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Civil rights workers.; African Americans -- Biography.; Women -- Biography.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: Traces the life and achievements of the black civil rights worker whose greatest accomplishment, the integration of restaurants in Washington, D.C., came when she was nearly ninety years old.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 110) and index.
Table of contents: title: Lost laws; title: A child of privilege; title: Education was her life; title: A born activist; title: The turning point; title: The lecture circuit; title: Women's rights; title: Serving education; title: The NAACP calls; title: An author of note; title: The tireless organizer.