In 1935, Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women, an “organization of organizations” to unify African American ...

Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs ... to buy the home in which Mary was eventually born. All members of the family worked in the fields -- even Mary who at the age of nine ...

On October 3, 1904, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune opened a training school in Daytona Beach, Florida with “$1.50, faith in God and ...

Born Mary Jane McLeod, Bethune was the 15th of 17 children. She grew up on a farm in South Carolina and began working in the fields when she was 5. The only child in her family to be educated ... she ...

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 ... She became the only child in her family to receive an ...

A member of the legendary rap group Run-DMC stopped by Mary McLeod Bethune School to read his children's book, showing students that storytelling is the ultimate track. "He was proud of his poem ...

Wallace, as members of the delegation describe the incident, slipped out of his inner office door just as the delegation was leaving the outer office. One of the delegation, Mary McLeod Bethune ...

Government officials, community members, friends and family gathered ... spending the majority of her career at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School. She also served 26 years in the state Senate ...

Black Bike Week, an informal family-oriented gathering that has ... at the corner of Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard and Green ...

A native of Albany, Georgia, she is the product of a close-knit family which ... elementary school A member of the legendary rap group Run-DMC stopped by Mary McLeod Bethune School to read his ...

The family will receive visitors at Herbert Thompson Funeral Home (901 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd., Daytona Beach) on Thursday, September 19, 2024, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. Joyce’s celebration of ...

Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs ... to buy the home in which Mary was eventually born. All members of the family worked in the fields -- even Mary who at the age of nine ...