MARY BURNETT TALBERT
Human & Civil Rights Leader
An internationally respected human and civil rights leader, Mary Burnett Talbert was a suffragist, preservationist and educator. She was a charter member of the Buffalo Phyllis Wheatley Club and later was elected president of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs. She served on the Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and headed its 1922 Anti-lynching campaign.
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