As a black African American woman, I have seen and heard about the pain and humiliation in our history. The legacy that is presented to us is slashed and torn into bits, but even with the dark lines of our ancestor’s anger and pain, we see their work through the numerous achievements. Mary Church Terrell was a powerful woman that helped to pave the way for blacks to speak out against racial prejudices. Terrell depicts characteristics of resistance in her life through protests and life tragedies.
Terrell was brought into this world in a very opposing time for African Americans. “The Emancipation Proclamation had just been signed in 1862” (“The People History”). During that time, many slave owners were not happy about this sudden loss of free …show more content…
In this era, African Americans were dealing with a lot of discrimination at that time, such as The Jim Crow Laws, the inability for women to vote, high religious affiliation, and a notion of women being weak. Even though at that time in, D.C. it was illegal to kick out African Americans, the editors of Biography.com disputes this claim by noting, “in 1950, Terrell and a group of activist were refused service in an all-white restaurant. After this incident, Terrell and a group of activist went to sue the establishment.” By Terrell taking the steps to speak out against the prejudice that was going on in the restaurants, she demonstrates her resistance in not being …show more content…
As Terrell got older she got stronger, her age was not a crutch to her. She continued to fight for equality for women and men. She still felt that justice was not served for her dear friend Thomas Moss and the Civil Rights movement was still at an all- time high. Terrell wanted to make a stance against the government's biased view of black women. Her attempt at this was by getting a membership in the American Association of University Women (“Biography”). This organization is based around empowering women to be a powerful change in society. Terrell applied to be a member here in this organization and got rejected, but however, three years later her constant willpower to resist the urge to give up on this stance she was taking, she got
Terrell was brought into this world in a very opposing time for African Americans. “The Emancipation Proclamation had just been signed in 1862” (“The People History”). During that time, many slave owners were not happy about this sudden loss of free …show more content…
In this era, African Americans were dealing with a lot of discrimination at that time, such as The Jim Crow Laws, the inability for women to vote, high religious affiliation, and a notion of women being weak. Even though at that time in, D.C. it was illegal to kick out African Americans, the editors of Biography.com disputes this claim by noting, “in 1950, Terrell and a group of activist were refused service in an all-white restaurant. After this incident, Terrell and a group of activist went to sue the establishment.” By Terrell taking the steps to speak out against the prejudice that was going on in the restaurants, she demonstrates her resistance in not being …show more content…
As Terrell got older she got stronger, her age was not a crutch to her. She continued to fight for equality for women and men. She still felt that justice was not served for her dear friend Thomas Moss and the Civil Rights movement was still at an all- time high. Terrell wanted to make a stance against the government's biased view of black women. Her attempt at this was by getting a membership in the American Association of University Women (“Biography”). This organization is based around empowering women to be a powerful change in society. Terrell applied to be a member here in this organization and got rejected, but however, three years later her constant willpower to resist the urge to give up on this stance she was taking, she got