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 ...

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, ...

Bethune-Cookman University hosted an investiture ceremony for its 8th president, Albert Mosley, former president of ...

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) ...

A cane once carried by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune in her later years soon will take its place in history again. Curators from ...

NMAAHC's exhibit features more than 100 images and artifacts highlighting Bethune, NCNW, and other Black women activists. The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is ...

When Mary McLeod Bethune died in 1955, tributes flooded in. Mourners said that if there had been a Mount Rushmore of Black achievement, she would have been on it. Born to parents who were enslaved, ...

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 ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — History was made in Daytona Beach Thursday. The community came together to celebrate the 150th birthday of Mary McLeod Bethune, a teacher and leader in civil rights. A big part ...

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 ...