National Council of Negro Women - Washington, DC
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N 38° 53.603 W 077° 01.281
18S E 324697 N 4306886
A historical marker in downtown Washington.
Waymark Code: WMZ4RW
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2018
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The sign reads, "The National Council of Negro Women was founded in 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) to "harness the power and extend the leadership of African American women." Early on, the Council campaigned to outlaw the discriminatory poll tax, develop a public health program, adopt anti-lynching legislation, and end discrimination in the U.S. Armed Forces, defense industries and government housing. The Council's 1995 move to this grand, former hotel building made it the only African American organization owning property on historic Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House. The Council created the National Black Family Reunion Celebration in 1986.
Caption under photo: Mary McLeod Bethune, right, with Dorothy Height who became the organization's director in 1957."
Civil Right Type: Race (includes U.S. Civil Rights movement)
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