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Just Another Southern Town: Mary Church Terrell and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Nation's Capital
Just Another Southern Town Mary Church Terrell and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Nation's Capital
Author: Joan Quigley
In January of 1950, Mary Church Terrell, an 86-year-old charter member of the NAACP, headed into Thompson's Restaurant, just a few blocks from the White House, and requested to be served. She and her companions were informed by the manager that they could not eat in his establishment, because they were "colored." Terrell, a former suffragette an...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199371518
ISBN-10: 0199371512
Publication Date: 1/26/2016
Pages: 368
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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