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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (née McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955 [1]) was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist.
The Mary McLeod Bethune Home is a historic house on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Built in the early-1900s, it was home to Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955), a prominent African-American educator and civil rights leader, from 1913 until her death.
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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.
The life and legacy of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune will be the subject of a new installment of WESH 2′s ongoing “Chronicle” series airing at 8 p.m. July 13. The special follows the unveiling of ...
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 ]
Civil rights leader and educator Mary McLeod Bethune has become the first Black person officially recognized in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall.
Bethune moved to Daytona in 1904, to a house near the railroad tracks, in order to found her own school. Called The Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, the boarding school she established initially served five girls and Bethune's son. [4] Within two years four teachers were instructing 250 students. [5]