Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs ... buy the home in which Mary was eventually born. All members of the family worked in the fields -- even Mary who at the age of nine could ...

Betsey was born in Macon, Georgia on August 21, 1943, and her family ... Kibbe Reed at Bethune-Cookman University, President of the Women’s Advisory Board, and on the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune ...

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

Mary McLeod Bethune rose from a childhood of poverty and hard work to become the only child in her family to receive an education. She went on to start a school for African American girls, serve as an ...

Mary McLeod Bethune was born in 1875 to former slaves. Found school for girls in 1904 with only $1.50. Friendship with first lady leads to federal appointment at National Youth Administration ...

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