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5 results for "Mary McLeod Bethune"
July 10, 1875
Mary McLeod Bethune Born
Educator and civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune was born in Mayesville, South Carolina.
October 3, 1904
Mary McLeod Bethune Founds Bethune-Cookman College
Mary McLeod Bethune established a school for Black girls that became Bethune-Cookman College.
January 23, 1904
Mary McLeod Bethune Founds School
Mary McLeod Bethune founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls.
November 7, 1936
Mary McLeod Bethune Leads Black Cabinet
Mary McLeod Bethune became the highest-ranking African American woman in the Roosevelt administration.
May 18, 1955
Death of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, an educator and civil rights leader, dies.