In 1935, Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women, an “organization of organizations” to unify African American ...

Historically Black Colleges ... North Carolina A&T history professor Jelani Favors, is free and open to the public starting at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at the Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts ...

Mention Daytona Beach, Florida, and most people will either declare its glory as the birthplace of NASCAR or as the “World’s ...

presents the Mary McLeod Bethune Human Rights Award to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at the council's silver anniversary lunch here, 1960. Courtesy: Library of Congress Many within the Black community ...

the founder and first director of the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Museum and the National Archives for Black Women’s History. “From 1935 to her death in 1955, she was the single most important ...

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of ...

presents the Mary McLeod Bethune Human Rights Award to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at the council's silver anniversary lunch here, 1960. Courtesy: Library of Congress Many within the Black community ...

The preservation of Black historical sites in the United States is a crucial yet often overlooked aspect of cultural heritage ...

The Learning Center (TLC) of Senior Citizens Inc., in collaboration with the Savannah Yamacraw Branch of the Association for ...

As the Daytona university celebrates its 120th anniversary, it recalls founder Mary McLeod Bethune's words: “Without faith, nothing is possible … but with it, nothing is impossible.” ...

Born to former slaves a decade after the end of the Civil War, educator and political leader Mary McLeod Bethune grew up in South Carolina as the 15th of 17 children ... she used this access to form a ...

In this stunning and original debut, writer and musician Caffall draws links between hereditary illness and the fates of marine life in collapsing ecosystems. For 200 years, Continue reading » A ...