Mary McLeod Bethune, pictured in the 1920s, when her school became a co-ed institution and she became the president of the National Association of Colored Women. Chicago History Museum / Getty ...

Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration (NYA); an identified member of the local committee; Marian Anderson ...

Mary McLeod Bethune rose to become one of the most influential Black women of the 20th century. In 1904, she founded a small school for girls in Daytona Beach, Florida. That school later became ...

Mary McLeod Bethune, the child of former slaves, grew up to start a university and advise presidents. All it took was a child snatching a book from her hands. It happened in a flash, but the life of ...

President Trump threatened to block funding for Smithsonian exhibitions that discuss racism and ordered the restoration of ...

Born to former slaves a decade after the end of the Civil War, educator and political leader Mary McLeod Bethune grew up in South Carolina as the 15th of 17 children. Despite a childhood of poverty ...

In honor of Women’s History Month, non-profits and educational organizations have held programs this week to celebrate the ...

Black Bike Week also burnished its creds by wrapping up its 54th year on Saturday at Daytona Beach’s Joe Harris Park and other spots along Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard. The family friendly ...

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Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) The National Museum of African American History and Culture records state Bethune was a civil rights activist and educator from South Carolina and worked within ...