Mary McLeod Bethune was born ... will be further etched in granite when a statue of her is placed in the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol as a representative of Florida.

A proposal in the Georgia Senate seeks to replace Alexander Hamilton Stephens’ statue in the U.S. Capitol with one ... one honoring Black educator Mary McLeod Bethune and North Carolina replaced ...

DAYTONA BEACH — Her solitary grave rests among the serene beauty of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. Yet, the school’s founder — Mary McLeod ... in the United States Capitol ...

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 ...