This resolution expresses congressional support for designating September 23, 2026, as "Mary Church Terrell Day" to honor the pioneering civil rights and women's rights activist. Mary Church Terrell was born on September 23, 1863, and became one of the first African-American women to attend college, later teaching at a Washington D.C. high school and becoming the first African-American woman appointed to a school board. She led major civil rights campaigns, including antilynching efforts alongside Ida B. Wells-Barnett and a landmark 1950 sit-in at Thompson Restaurant in Washington D.C. that challenged segregation laws and led to a 1953 Supreme Court decision affirming the enforceability of civil rights protections. The resolution calls on Congress to formally recognize Terrell's lasting impact on advancing equality and civil rights through education, activism, and legal challenges to discrimination.