Mary McLeod Bethune
Noun
Meaning
United States educator who worked to improve race relations and educational opportunities for Black Americans (1875-1955)
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December main * December 5 Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in the United States.
Mary McLeod Bethune “remained a constant beacon of inspiration during her life — and beyond.”
“Mary McLeod Bethune was the most powerful woman I can remember as a child,” Demings earlier this year.
“This is a major investment and endorsement in Bethune-Cookman University and all that Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune intended when she founded this school,” said B-CU Board Chair Perry in the statement released on Wednesday.
There are prominent portraits of Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Bessie Coleman, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mary McLeod Bethune on display.