Mary McLeod Bethune, the child of former slaves ... So it rankles some historians that young people can rattle off the names of her famous peers but don’t know who Bethune is. “For her to be who she ...
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.