Seeing their children touched and seared and wounded by race prejudice is one of the heaviest crosses which colored women have to bear.

She became an activist who led several important associations including the National Association of Colored Women and worked for civil rights and suffrage. H. Board of Education holding unconstitutional the segregation of schools by race.

Mary Church Terrell (September 23 1863 – July 24 1954) daughter of former slaves was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree. She became an activist who led several important associations including the National Association of Colored Women and worked for civil rights and suffrage.