A small but enthusiastic group of supporters attended the 150th birthday celebration for civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune, featuring a keynote address, music, a spoken word presentation, and ...

The Southern Association for Women Historians (SAWH) held its largest conference since the COVID-19 pandemic at ...

Bethune-Cookman is celebrating the 150th birthday this week and throughout the year of its founder, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.

A statue of Mary McLeod Bethune is unveiled in National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol on July 13, 2022, replacing the statue of a Confederate general from Florida (Rich Black) ...

Mary McLeod Bethune overcame all odds to found a school to educate black people at a time of division and segregation in America.

Noliwe Rooks' book "A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit" tells the story of Mary McLeod Bethune, a Black activist who was a pioneer in civil rights, education, and health care, and whose ...

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 ...

In 1920, Ku Klux Klan members in Daytona Beach, Florida warned Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune that if she did not stop raising money to pay the poll taxes of Black citizens, offering night classes to help ...

In 1920, Ku Klux Klan members in Daytona Beach, Florida warned Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune that if she did not stop raising money to pay the poll taxes of Black citizens, offering night classes to ...

A former archivist at Mary McLeod Bethune’s home in Washington, DC, recounts how the experience led her to see Bethune as a global figure.