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Mary McLeod Bethune with a Line of Girls from the School from the World Digital Library "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, the founder of NCNW, wanted to encourage the participation of Negro women in civic, political, economic and educational activities and institutions. The organization was considered as a clearing house for the dissemination of activities concerning women but wanted to work alongside a group that supported civil rights rather ...
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 Mary McLeod Bethune Papers: The Bethune Foundation Collection contain resources related to the history of the Central Life Insurance Company of Florida, as well as the Robert W. and Helen S. Saunders papers at the University of South Florida Libraries.
Students, city leaders and others gathered Monday on the Riverfront Esplanade in Daytona Beach to honor Mary McLeod Bethune's life and legacy.
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 ]
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 ...
First African-American represented in the National Statuary Hall Collection: Mary McLeod Bethune [368] [369] First African-American Marine Corps four-star general: Michael Langley [370] First African-American elected governor of the U.S. state of Maryland: Wes Moore [371]