DAYTONA BEACH — Her solitary grave rests among the serene beauty of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. Yet, the school’s founder — Mary McLeod Bethune — is never alone.

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 ...

According to the Mayor of Daytona Beach, the marble statue of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune will be unveiled in the U.S. Capitol on July 13. Many here in Central Florida already got to see the ...

DAYTONA BEACH — After a three-year journey winding through government approvals, fundraising and complex logistics, the new marble Mary McLeod Bethune statue is complete and about to go on ...

A statue of Mary McLeod Bethune was unveiled Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol, making her the first Black American in the National Statuary Hall collection. Bethune was a civil rights activist ...

Mary McLeod Bethune’s statue was unveiled Wednesday. Bethune, a civil rights activist, was the founder of the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, which in 1904 ...