Mary Church Terrell, gelatin silver print, c.1910. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, CCo.
Over summer 2020, Dr. Alison Parker contributed to the commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
Check out her blog post, “Mary Church Terrell: Black Suffragist and Civil Rights Activist,” published in July on the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission blog. This article was republished in On Their Shoulders: The Radical Stories of Women’s Fight for the Vote (Amazon Kindle, September 2020).
Oh, reading isn’t your thing? No problem! You can watch Dr. Parker in conversation in a virtual talk she gave, titled “Black Suffragists, Civil Rights, and the Value of the Vote.” Her talk formed part of the event “Historians’ POV: Women’s Suffrage, Civil Rights, and the Value of the Vote,” co-sponsored by Democrats Abroad, Global Black Caucus, and Global Women’s Caucus in August.