Mary Church Terrell "What is Means to be Colored in the Capital of the United States"

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where did Terrel deliver her speech?

-United Womens Club -enlightening them on AA struggles living in DC (assuming audience is white women)

who was Mary Terrel?

-born to two emancipated slaves -apart of NAACP (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) -received education -first AA millionaire -graduated with a degree mostly for men -taught at schools

what does Terrel do most of the speech

-tell story after story -generalized examples of discrimination

examples in speech

Colorbind usher in church Usher looked through you, refused to look at you Just one university accepted african americans Unions tend towards liberalism (discriminatory) White person being in charge of black schools Colleges good about discrimination, workforce isn't Still discourage african americans from doing certain things because privileges aren't the same Draws broad conclusions based on examples she gave to give meaning to them Students who knew how argument had been presented

why was she not like most african americans

Grew up wealthy, privileged but knew that and did not take advantage of it Went to private school Mother -- hairdresser, father invested $ in real estate Majored in classics Married a lawyer

mary church terrell - colored mans paradise

claimed that black men were protected in some states but not in others

Terrel uses lots of...

enumeration- the action of mentioning a number of things one by one.

was Terrels speech deductive or inductie

inductive= drawing conclusions from examples enumerations- the action of mentioning a number of things one by one.

example of little girl being denied at movie theater:

more tolerant to immigrants than colored people in America

mary church terrells stories

personal anecdotes of things that happened to her and people close to her because of the color of their skin (~10 stories)

the speech was stylistically

plain

What was unique about Terrell?

she married a judge and was from the first millionaire African American family in the South

Consistent strain

the light skin has certain advantages until discovered Woman in cloak department

Irony

these things are happening in nation's capital where you think it might be different (from DC)

what was her audience

white


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