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Officers of the National Council of Negro Women. Founder Mary McLeod Bethune is at center. The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1935 with the mission to advance the opportunities and the quality of life for African-American women, their families, and communities.
The Central National Bank, also known as the Dorothy I. Height Building, or Apex Building, is the national headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women. It is located at 633 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Penn Quarter neighborhood.
The National Park Service purchased Council House in 1994 and renamed it the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site. [8] The National Council of Negro Women purchased as its new headquarters Sears House—an $8 million, six-story, 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m 2) historic building at 633 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. [15]
Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and presided over myriad African-American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration's Negro Division.
Surprise $1 Million Grant Awarded to the National Council of Negro Women Grant Honors Ingrid Saunders Jones' 31 Years of Service to The Coca-Cola Company and the Community ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE ...
Vivian Carter Mason (born Vivian Carter; February 10, 1900 – May 10, 1982) was a staunch advocate for women's and civil rights as well as an ardent supporter of universal education. She served as an influential president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) from 1953 to 1957.
Both AKA and Zeta Phi Beta are part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, commonly called the Divine Nine, which is made up of nine Black sororities and fraternities. AKA has more than 360,000 ...
National Archives for Black Women's History (formerly the National Council of Negro Women's National Library, Archives, and Museum) is an archive located at 3300 Hubbard Rd, Landover, Maryland. It is dedicated to cataloguing, restoring and preserving the documents and photographs of African-American women.