International Council of Women of the Darker Races

In existence from 1922 to 1940, the ICWDR was "the first autonomous international organization among African American women".

[1] The International Council of Women of the Darker Races was formed after the 1922 meeting of the NACW in Richmond, Virginia.

Margaret Murray Washington appears to have had the idea of such an organization in mind for some time.

Other officers appointed were Mary Church Terrell, Addie Hunton, Elizabeth Carter, Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Mary S. Josenberger, Nannie Burroughs, Lugenia Burns Hope, Addie Dickerson and Emily Williams.

[1] The ICWDR initially concentrated on education, developing a program of black literature and history, and supporting Casely Hayford's school in Sierra Leone.