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Bethune-Cookman University honored its founder, education and civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune, on her 150th birthday ...
A rediscovered trove of Mary McLeod Bethune's papers at Fisk University links Nashville to America’s continuing fight for ...
A balloon release — celebrating what would have been the 150th birthday of civil rights activist and education pioneer Dr.
History was made in Daytona Beach Thursday. The community came together to celebrate the 150th birthday of Mary McLeod ...
Daytona Beach officials sang "Happy Birthday" beneath the Mary McLeod Bethune statue on the 150th anniversary of the civil ...
In her 79 years, Mary McLeod Bethune packed in a long list of accomplishments. In May, a marble statue of her will be placed in the U.S. Capitol.
A statue of Mary McLeod Bethune, a Black woman who advised five presidents, will soon be installed in National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol.
Mary McLeod Bethune was photographed about 1910 as principal of the Daytona Beach school that grew into Bethune-Cookman University. Her statue now represents Florida in the nation's Capitol building.
The statue of Mary McLeod Bethune was made from marble culled from the same quarry used for Michelangelo's David and will stand in Statuary Hall.
Decades after her death, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune has a lasting impact on Central Florida.
Watching via live stream, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune's Black Roses, her cherished students at Bethune–Cookman University, gave a standing ovation as the chiseled marble statue honoring Bethune was ...
Ceremony to unveil the statue of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, at the News-Journal Center in Daytona Beach, on Monday, October 11, 2021. The three-ton statue, carved by master sculptor Nilda Comas from … ...