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"A Passion for Social Equality: Mary McLeod Bethune's Race Woman Leadership and the New Deal", a political biography; Mary McLeod Bethune, the NCNW, and the Prewar Push for Equal Opportunity in Defense Projects; Uniforms at A History of Central Florida Podcast; Mary McLeod Bethune Biography, Biography.com, February 25, 2015; Encyclopedia of ...
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial is a bronze statue honoring educator and activist Mary McLeod Bethune, by Robert Berks. [1] The monument is the first statue erected on public land in Washington, D.C. to honor an African American and a woman. The statue features an elderly Mrs. Bethune handing a copy of her legacy to two young black children. Mrs.
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 ]
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.
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida champion of civil and women’s rights took the spotlight Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol National Statuary Hall with the unveiling of a marble statue of Central Florida ...
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (July 10, 1875--May 18, 1955) was an educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a school for black students that eventually became Bethune–Cookman University. Born in South Carolina to parents who had been slaves, she took an early interest in her own education.
Finally, Mary McLeod Bethune is getting her just due. She spent her life like a guardian angel protecting the downtrodden from predatory bigots and coercive governments.
Dr. Bethune is now the first African-American person approved by a state for recognition in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall. Statue Of Mary McLeod Bethune Replaces Confederate Figure In U.S. Capitol ...