Unlike her parents and 16 siblings ... president of the National Council of Negro Women, presents the Mary McLeod Bethune Human Rights Award to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at the council's silver ...

Mary McLeod Bethune was born in 1875 to former slaves ... daughter of former slaves at the turn of the 20th century. “Her parents instilled in her a strong work ethic and they also encouraged ...

She was taught by her family that her roots were in Africa ... Her training prepared her to become a missionary. Mary McLeod Bethune rose to become one of the most influential Black women of ...

Born Mary Jane McLeod, Bethune was the 15th of 17 children. She grew up on a farm in South Carolina and began working in the fields when she was 5. The only child in her family to be educated, she ...

Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Women’s Conference will be held Wednesday, March 26 through Friday, March 28 at the Michael and Libby ...

Once again in our long and noble struggle, Martin Luther King’s dictum “The Urgency of Now!” is upon us. This reckoning with ...

She became the only child in her family to receive an education and began working ... along with details of her extraordinary life and achievements. Mary McLeod Bethune was convinced at an early age ...

As Bike Week 2025 closed out its 84th year on Sunday, Black Bike Week also burnished its creds by wrapping up its 54th year ...

The informal, family-friendly gathering has been an annual tradition since 1971 in Daytona's historic Midtown.

Black Bike Week, an informal family-oriented gathering that has ... Beach’s Joe Harris Park and other spots along Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard from Thursday-Saturday, March 6-8, over ...