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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

In honor of Women's History Month, we celebrate the trailblazing women activists and politicians who paved the way in ...

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

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 ...

He read to four pre-K classrooms at Mary McLeod Bethune School No. 45 Monday morning. In addition to reading to the students, LaRuez, a member of RPD's Community Relations Unit, also gave away ...

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 ...