Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration (NYA); an identified member of the local committee; Marian Anderson ...

Mary McLeod Bethune rose to become one of the most influential Black women of the 20th century. In 1904, she founded a small school for girls in Daytona Beach, Florida. That school later became ...

Kerry Washington stars in the movie about an all-Black unit of the Women's Army Corps, who prevailed despite facing racism ...

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 as the 15th of 17 children. Despite a childhood of poverty ...

Mary McLeod Bethune, the child of former slaves, grew up to start a university and advise presidents. All it took was a child snatching a book from her hands. It happened in a flash, but the life of ...

Speaking on the importance of the event, Davies shared, “The legacy of Mary McLeod Bethune reminds us that the strength of our community lies in the empowerment of its youth. She once said ...

The soldiers' mission came after civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune, played by Oprah Winfrey, raised concerns to the White House about Black women being appointed to meaningful democratic ...

Netflix film The Six Triple Eight has left fans moved and in tears. The film tells the story ofWorld War II's only Women's ...

In his new Netflix film, “The Six Triple Eight,” that moment finally arrives. The Oscar nominee portrays famed civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune.

Trains and Candy Canes Christmas Parade” will step off at 6 p.m. Saturday traveling south from Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard along Beach Street to Jackie Robinson Parkway. The parade will ...

Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration (NYA); an identified member of the local committee; Marian Anderson ...