Episodes Around: 18950405 to 19001231

  1. Mary Church Terrell is First Black Woman to Serve on Washington, D.C. Board of Education
    date April 5, 1895 to December 31, 1900map WASHINGTON, Virginiatags African-Americans, Education, Race-Relations

    Mary Church Terrell, a writer, lecturer, and educator, was the first African American to serve on the Washington, D.C. Board of Education. She took office in the spring of 1895 and stayed until 1901. She later returned to the Board from 1906-1911. In a Washington Post article on April 6, 1895, Terrell is specifically mentioned as “a colored woman' whose appointment “will suit a...