When I first landed an internship as an archives technician at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House-National Historic Site – the D.C. home of the woman who founded Bethune-Cookman University – I didn ...
DAYTONA BEACH − Dressed like a grand dame of history, Paisley Henry took to the second-story balcony and channeled the central figure of the day, Mary McLeod Bethune. "You are my Black roses. And you ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The fifteenth of seventeen children born to her formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune believed deeply in ...
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This year, the university launched the 'Black Rose Community Initiative,' which reimagined the traditional angel tree concept ...
Bethune is the first Black person to have a state-commissioned statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall, replacing a statue of a Confederate general. WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 13: Rep. Val Demings(D-FL) ...
Senorita Locklear, who recently celebrated her 101st birthday, was the private and business secretary to Mary McLeod Bethune. Locklear worked for Bethune from 1954 to 1955 and was the last person to ...
A small but enthusiastic and diverse group of supporters attended the 150 th birthday celebration for civil rights activist, presidential advisor, educator and women’s rights advocate, Mary McLeod ...
Nonprofit NCNW advances the African American woman, her family and community. National Council of Negro Women, NCNW, is a nonprofit founded in 1935 by Dr Mary Mcleod Bethune to advance the African ...