,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ehc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,september #bd1     
#bjai,ms4 ,norton submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,oversight and    
,reform  ,,resolution  ,expressing      
support for the designation of          
,september #bc as ,mary ,church ,terrell
 ,day1 and calling on ,congress to      
recognize ,mary ,church ,terrell's      
lasting contributions to the civil      
rights and women's rights movements4    
,whereas ,mary ,church ,terrell was born
 on ,september #bc1 #ahfc1 in ,memphis1 
,tennessee1 to former slaves2 ,whereas  
,mary ,church ,terrell's father1 ,robert
 ,reed ,church1 was a successful        
businessman and one of the ,south's     
first ,african-,american millionaires2  
,whereas ,mary ,church ,terrell attended
 the ,antioch ,college laboratory school
 and ,oberlin ,college2 ,whereas ,mary  
,church ,terrell was one of the first   
,african-,american women to attend      

college2 ,whereas ,mary ,church         
,terrell's belief in the importance of  
education led her to the ,district of   
,columbia in #ahhg2 ,whereas ,mary      
,church ,terrell taught at the ,m       
,street ,colored ,high ,school1 now     
known as ,paul ,laurence ,dunbar ,high  
,school2 ,whereas ,mary ,church ,terrell
 was the first ,african-,american woman 
in the ,united ,states to be appointed  
to a school board2 ,whereas ,mary       
,church ,terrell believed that the end  
to racial discrimination could be       
achieved through education1 work1 and   
community activism2 ,whereas ,mary      
,church ,terrell's activism was sparked 
by the lynching of an old friend1       
,thomas ,moss1 in #ahib2 ,whereas ,mary 
,church ,terrell used her position to   
fight racial and gender discrimination2 
,whereas ,mary ,church ,terrell         
participated in antilynching campaigns  
alongside ,ida ,b4 ,wells-,barnett2     
,whereas ,mary ,church ,terrell led the 
fight to desegregate eating places in   

the ,district of ,columbia2 ,whereas    
,district of ,columbia laws of #ahgb and
 #ahgc required all restaurants to serve
 any respectable1 well-behaved person   
regardless of color2 ,whereas ,mary     
,church ,terrell was #hf at the time she
 launched the campaign to enforce these 
civil rights laws2 ,whereas ,mary       
,church ,terrell and several colleagues 
entered ,thompson ,restaurant in the    
,district of ,columbia on ,february #bh1
 #aiej2 ,whereas the group was refused  
service on the basis of their race2     
,whereas ,john ,r4 ,thompson ,co4 was   
prosecuted for violating these laws2    
,whereas ,mary ,church ,terrell         
continued her fight through boycotts1   
picketing1 and sit-ins at restaurants   
around the ,district of ,columbia2      
,whereas1 on ,june #h1 #aiec1 three     
years after the lawsuit was filed1 the  
,supreme ,court in ,district of         
,columbia v4 ,john ,r4 ,thompson ,co41  
held these laws were enforceable2       
,whereas ,mary ,church ,terrell also    

actively fought for women's suffrage2   
,whereas ,mary ,church ,terrell was     
president of the ,national ,association 
of ,colored ,women2 ,whereas ,mary      
,church ,terrell was one of the founders
 and charter members of the ,national   
,association for the ,advancement of    
,colored ,people2 ,whereas ,mary ,church
 ,terrell persuaded the ,national       
,association of ,university ,women to   
admit ,black members2 ,whereas the ,mary
 ,church ,terrell ,house is a ,national 
,historic ,landmark located at #cbf ,t  
,street ,,nw in the ,district of        
,columbia1 and is open to the public2   
and ,whereas ,september #bc would be an 
appropriate day to designate as ,mary   
,church ,terrell ,day3 ,now1 therefore  
be it  ,that the ,house of              
,representatives-- 7#a7 supports the    
designation of ,mary ,church ,terrell   
,day2 and  7#b7 calls on ,congress to   
recognize ,mary ,church ,terrell's      
legacy of civil rights and women's      
rights4