Bethune-Cookman University Founder Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune is regarded as one of America’s most influential civil rights pioneers. She was born Mary Jane McLeod on July 10, 1875 near Mayesville, South ...

NMAAHC's exhibit features more than 100 images and artifacts highlighting Bethune, NCNW, and other Black women activists. The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is ...

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, ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — History was made in Daytona Beach Thursday. The community came together to celebrate the 150th birthday of Mary McLeod Bethune, a teacher and leader in civil rights. A big part ...

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) -- Jersey City now has its first bronze statue honoring a female Civil Rights leader. A 9-foot monument depicting Mary McLeod Bethune was unveiled Saturday afternoon in ...

DAYTONA BEACH − Dressed like a grand dame of history, Paisley Henry took to the second-story balcony and channeled the central figure of the day, Mary McLeod Bethune. "You are my Black roses. And you ...

Foreword / by Dr. Elizabeth Clark-Lewis -- 1. Mary Jane McLeod -- Give Them a Chance : The Daytona Industrial School -- Leading the National Association of Colored Women -- An Act of Kindness, A ...

Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune is hailed as one of the most influential African American educators and Civil Rights figures, during the first half of the 20th century. Carolina Snaps is available to stream ...