Mary McLeod Bethune: Born the daughter of slaves, died a retired college president
Mary McLeod Bethune overcame all odds to found a school to educate black people at a time of division and segregation in America.
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Eleanor and Mary McLeod Bethune
Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration ... for Men in Jacksonville to form Bethune-Cookman College in 1923. As its original founder, Bethune served ...
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Mary McLeod Bethune: The Emergency of Now!
Once again in our long and noble struggle, Martin Luther King’s dictum “The Urgency of Now!” is upon us. This reckoning with ...
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The United Negro College Fund (UNCF ... Patterson (then president of what is now Tuskegee University), Mary McLeod Bethune, and others. The UNCF is headquartered at 8260 Willow Oaks Corporate ...
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Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African diaspora
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ashley Robertson Preston, Howard University (THE CONVERSATION) When I first landed ...
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Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African diaspora
In 1935, Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women, an “organization of organizations” to unify African American women’s organizations under one major umbrella. The Mary McLeod ...
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Mary McLeod Bethune: Born the daughter of slaves, died a retired college president
Mary McLeod Bethune was born in 1875 to former slaves. Found school for girls in 1904 with only $1.50. Friendship with first lady leads to federal appointment at National Youth Administration ...