Expressing support for the designation of September 23, 2026, 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.

Mary Church Terrell Day would designate September 23, 2026 as a day honoring Mary Church Terrell and urges Congress to recognize her lasting contributions to civil rights and women's rights. The resolution highlights her 1863 birth to formerly enslaved parents, early education at Antioch College laboratory school and Oberlin College, service as a teacher at M Street Colored High School and as the first African-American woman appointed to a District of Columbia school board, leadership roles including president of the National Association of Colored Women and founder and charter member of the NAACP, anti-lynching activism, and her 1950 protest at Thompson Restaurant that led to a Supreme Court ruling affirming District of Columbia civil rights laws.