Moore: Civil rights pioneer led 1000s of black Floridians to vote Mary McLeod Bethune taught black girls they could be more Born in Mayesville, South Carolina, in 1875, Mary McCleod was the 15th ...

Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs ... considered her one of his foremost advisers in the unofficial "Black cabinet" in his administration. He frequently consulted with her ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: To celebrate Black History month ... among the serene beauty of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. Yet, the school’s founder — Mary McLeod Bethune — is never ...

Four influential Black women, including economist Julianne Malveaux, discuss their work and the challenges facing the Black ...

Now the main message: Mary McLeod Bethune ranks among the most creative and thoughtful leaders that the Black American has produced. It is my belief that her time has come. She left a living legacy of ...

Mary Edwards Walker, 1832-1919. Surgeon, abolitionist, and only female student in her medical school in 1855. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, 1831-1895. The first black ... Mary McLeod Bethune, 1875-1955.

This year’s show told the story of the life of Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), who ... She was the leader of FDR’s unofficial “Black cabinet.” Appointed by President Harry S. Truman, Bethune was the ...

Mary Edwards Walker, 1832-1919. Surgeon, abolitionist, and only female student in her medical school in 1855. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, 1831-1895. The first black woman to earn ... of Germany since 2005.