Mary B. Talbert was one of the more crucial women in the anti-lynching campaign. She was the most prominent support behind the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill.
Talbert was President of the National Association of Colored Women from 1916-1920. She was also the National Director of the NAACP's Anti-Lynching Crusaders.
Her goal for the Anti-Lynching Crusaders was to raise $1 million to fight against the lynchings of black men and women. She only raised $12,000 and the Dyer Bill hadn't passed. "A special prayer was to be used by all Crusaders which spoke to the organization's position on lynching and its hopes for the Dyer anti-lynching bill" was another hope of hers.
The Anti-Lynching Crusaders started fundraisers in support on the Dyer Bill
She served in World War I as a Red Cross nurse and YMCA secretary and began to lecture the African-American troops. After the World War she traveled Europe giving lectures on women's rights and race relations.
She saw that not only was there no penalty for lynchings but the southern prisons needed to be reformed, and thats what she did.
Talbert was President of the National Association of Colored Women from 1916-1920. She was also the National Director of the NAACP's Anti-Lynching Crusaders.
Her goal for the Anti-Lynching Crusaders was to raise $1 million to fight against the lynchings of black men and women. She only raised $12,000 and the Dyer Bill hadn't passed. "A special prayer was to be used by all Crusaders which spoke to the organization's position on lynching and its hopes for the Dyer anti-lynching bill" was another hope of hers.
The Anti-Lynching Crusaders started fundraisers in support on the Dyer Bill
She served in World War I as a Red Cross nurse and YMCA secretary and began to lecture the African-American troops. After the World War she traveled Europe giving lectures on women's rights and race relations.
She saw that not only was there no penalty for lynchings but the southern prisons needed to be reformed, and thats what she did.