Mary Church Terrell

Mary Church Terrell (HM2LZQ)

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N 38° 53.904', W 77° 1.94'

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1863 - 1954

The chasm between the principles upon which the government was founded, in which it still professes to believe, and those which are daily practiced under the protection of the flag, yawns wide and deep
Mary Church Terrell


Lifelong civil rights and women's rights activist Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) helped end racial discrimination in restaurants and other public accommodations in the District.

In 1950 Terrell and colleagues were refused service at the whites-only Thompson's Cafeteria, nearby at 725 14th Street. Invoking 19th century anti-discrimination laws, they persuaded the city to sue Thompson's. The case advanced to the Supreme Court, which in 1953 outlawed discrimination in DC's public accommodations, in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co., Inc.


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Year Placed2019
Placed ByCharles Bergen Studios, funded by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities Public Art Building Communities Grant and the Downtown Business Improvement District
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Date Added Saturday, October 19th, 2019 at 2:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 323757 N 4307465
Decimal Degrees38.89840000, -77.03233333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 53.904', W 77° 1.94'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 53' 54.24" N, 77° 1' 56.4" W
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