WINTER HAVEN -- Noted as perhaps one of the greatest American teachers in U.S. history, Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), is also marked as a remarkable African American leader and a powerful champion ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A media production company has announced plans to develop a biographical film on the life of Bethune-Cookman University founder Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. Born in 1875, Bethune is ...

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, ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – She is an accomplished educator, politician, presidential advisor and civil rights activist. She also made a huge impact on the Central Florida community. In honor of Black ...

A rediscovered collection of Mary McLeod Bethune's papers at Fisk University sheds light on her collaboration with Charles S. Johnson and their efforts to advance Black education. Bethune and Johnson, ...

Bethune-Cookman University professor Ashley N. Robertson has written a brief biography of a woman whose life is Lincolnesque in its trajectory - evincing energy, focus and love for humanity to rise ...

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 ...

In pursuit of unalienable rights: Mary McLeod Bethune in historical perspective (1875-1955) -- Self-revelations: "Like bruises on an oyster" (1940-1955) -- Educational leadership: "The unfolding of my ...

A 13-foot tall statue of educator and philanthropist Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune will be unveiled this week inside the U.S. Capitol Building after an arduous five-year process to get there. The statue ...

DAYTONA BEACH — After an arduous five-year process that involved a series of state and federal approvals, a fundraising effort that generated nearly $1 million, logistical challenges and unimagined ...