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Fight on! : Mary Church Terrell's battle for integration /

Profiles the first black Washington, D.C. Board of Education member, who helped to found the NAACP and organized of pickets and boycotts that led to the 1953 Supreme Court decision to integrate D.C. area restaurants.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fradin, Dennis B.
Other Authors: Fradin, Judith Bloom
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Clarion Books, [2003]
Subjects:
Terrell, Mary Church, > 1863-1954.
African American women civil rights workers > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
African Americans > Segregation > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
Washington (D.C.) > Race relations.
Washington (D.C.) > Biography.
Civil rights workers.
Women > Biography.
Description
Summary:Profiles the first black Washington, D.C. Board of Education member, who helped to found the NAACP and organized of pickets and boycotts that led to the 1953 Supreme Court decision to integrate D.C. area restaurants.
Physical Description:ix, 181 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Awards:American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults, 2004.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-174) and index.
ISBN:0618133496