Just Another Southern Town: Mary Church Terrell and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Nation's Capital PDF
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Just Another southern town Just Another southern town mary church terrell and the struggle for racial justice in the nation’s capital JoAn Quigley 1 1 oxford university Press is a department of the university of oxford. it furthers the university’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. oxford is a registered trade mark of oxford university Press in the uK and certain other countries. Published in the united states of America by oxford university Press 198 Madison Avenue, new york, ny 10016, united states of America © Joan Quigley 2016 All rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of oxford university Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the rights Department, oxford university Press, at the address above. you must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Quigley, Joan. Just another southern town : Mary Church terrell and the struggle for racial justice in the nation’s capital / Joan Quigley. pages cm includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-0-19-937151-8 — isBn 978-0-19-937152-5 — isBn 978-0-19-937153-2 1. terrell, Mary Church, 1863–1954. 2. African American women civil rights workers—Biography. 3. Civil rights workers—united states—Biography. 4. African Americans—Biography. 5. African Americans—Civil rights—history. 6. African Americans—segregation— washington (D.C.)—history—20th century. 7. washington (D.C.)—race relations. 8. washington (D.C.)—Biography. i. title. ii. title: Mary Church terrell and the struggle for racial justice in the nation’s capital. e185.97.t47Q54 2016 323.092—dc23 [B] 2015009744 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the united states of America on acid-free paper Printed by edwards Brothers, usA For Martha Besides, you ain’t going north, not the real north. you going to washington. it’s just another southern town. —ralph ellison, Invisible Man Contents Prologue: January 27, 1950 3 1. On to the Battlefield 20 2. The Greatest Woman That We Have 44 3. They Come Standing Erect 70 4. An Example for All the World 92 5. The Radicalization of Mary Church Terrell 114 6. Segregation Will Go 143 7. This Thing Can Be Licked 164 8. A Bigger Step Is in Order 186 9. Eat Anywhere 208 epilogue: Until Full and Final Victory 232 Acknowledgments 241 Notes 245 Note on Sources 330 Selected Bibliography 333 Index 337
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