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Mary McLeod Bethune: Born the daughter of slaves, died a retired college president
EDITOR'S NOTE: To celebrate Black History month, we will be reposting our series on African Americans who had a major impact on Florida. This story originally published in 2020. DAYTONA BEACH ...
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Mary McLeod Bethune Council House
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 ...
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Eleanor and Mary McLeod Bethune
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 ...
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Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African diaspora
When I first landed an internship as an archives technician at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House-National Historic Site – the D.C. home of the woman who founded Bethune-Cookman University ...
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A First Lady
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 ...