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2 days ago · Here she envisions a conversation between educator Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955) and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) on the healing power of tears: Bethune: Lament is needed as a ritual of cleansing and preparation for what is yet to come. It is a step in the process of liberation that was never completed….
3 days ago · Coming next month is a biography on Mary McLeod Bethune, the turn-of-the-20th-century educator and activist, authored by Brown University’s Noliwe Rooks. We caught up with Miles, winner of the 2021 National Book Award for “All That She Carried,” to learn more about “Night Flyer.”
6 days ago · Mary McLeod Bethune Honorary Eighth President of the National Association of Colored Women; founder of the National Council of Negro Women ; founder of the Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls; civil rights activist; founder of Bethune-Cookman University
5 days ago · The year was 1904, when a very determined young black woman, Mary McLeod Bethune, opened the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls in Daytona Beach, Florida. It has undergone many stages of growth and development through the years.
29 minutes ago · The Six Triple Eight was formed in 1944 amid efforts by Mary McLeod Bethune and other civil rights activists, with the support of first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, to broaden opportunities for African ...
2 days ago · With help from Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune -- co-founder of Bethune-Cookman University and an advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt – the club was able to schedule games at Daytona Beach in 1946. The Dodgers moved to Havana, Cuba, for Spring Training in 1947 and then to Dodgertown in Vero Beach in 1948, where they remained through 2008.
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2 days ago · The four-day summit will be held at the Mary McLeod Bethune Institute for the Study of Women and Girls in Daytona Beach from June 19-22, 2025. The theme for the 13th Triennial Conference is “Unspeakable Challenges.”By partnering with the Bethune Institute, organizers hope to highlight specific topics that many females encounter as working professionals and caretakers every day.
