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 ... Roosevelt won her unprecedented access to the White House ...
Mary McLeod Bethune rose to become one of the most influential ... where she called for an end to colonization, or in the White House, where she pushed for an end to poll taxes for Africans ...
Mary McLeod Bethune, the child of former slaves ... to an integrated audience at Washington’s DAR Constitution Hall in 1939, Bethune called the White House to intervene, setting the stage for Anderson ...
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Women’s Conference will be held Wednesday, March 26 through Friday, March 28 at the Michael and Libby ...