Mary McLeod Bethune overcame all odds to found a school to educate black people at a time of division and segregation in ...

Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs ... With the success of her school, Bethune went on to be a spokesman for her race and her gender. In 1935, she founded the National Council ...

Born Mary Jane McLeod, Bethune was the 15th of 17 children. She grew up on a farm in South Carolina and began working in the fields when she was 5. The only child in her family to be educated, she ...

Rochester, N.Y. — Our Bright Spot shines on Rochester Police Officer Jim LaRuez. He read to four pre-K classrooms at Mary ...

Mary McLeod Bethune is best known for founding the Bethune-Cookman College, a HBCU in Daytona, but also being a standout civil right activist. FLORIDA TODAY Editor Tim Walters joined FOX 35's Garrett ...

The book was nominated for Outstanding Literary Work in the nonfiction category and is the fifth book Rooks has published. It ...

Rev. Kenya Lovell, chaplain of Bethune-Cookman University, has been involved in a monthly community food giveaway, and her powers of observation led her to a conclusion. B-CU needed a food pantry.

Her training prepared her to become a missionary. 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 ...

Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs ... With the success of her school, Bethune went on to be a spokesman for her race and her gender. In 1935, she founded the National Council ...

Mary McLeod Bethune was born in 1875 to former slaves. Found school for girls in 1904 with only $1.50. Friendship with first lady leads to federal appointment at National Youth Administration ...