HRES 1490 United States House · 118th Congress

Expressing support for the designation of September 23, 2024, as "Mary Church Terrell Day", and calling on Congress to recognize Mary Church Terrell's lasting contributions to the civil rights and women's rights movements.

This resolution designates September 23, 2024, as "Mary Church Terrell Day" to honor the civil rights and women's rights activist. It calls on Congress to recognize her contributions, including her leadership in founding the NAACP, her campaign to desegregate Washington, D.C., restaurants in the 1950s, and her work as president of the National Association of Colored Women. The bill is symbolic and does not create new legal requirements.
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