When I first landed an internship as an archives technician at the Mary McLeod Bethune ... were for records of Bethune’s work within what is known as FDR’s “Black Cabinet,” an unofficial ...

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 ...

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 ... advisers that became known as the Roosevelts' "Black ...

She was also part of his Black Cabinet, an unofficial advisory council of prominent African Americans. “Bethune was an iconic figure and a power broker with few equals,” says Bettye Collier-Thomas, ...