Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Patsy and Samuel McLeod knew the cruelty and harsh realities for Black people in the Civil War-era South.

When I first landed an internship as an archives technician at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House-National Historic Site – the D.C. home of the woman who founded Bethune-Cookman University – I didn ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — History was made in Daytona Beach Thursday. The community came together to celebrate the 150th birthday of Mary McLeod Bethune, a teacher and leader in civil rights. A big part ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The fifteenth of seventeen children born to her formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune believed deeply in ...

A statue of educator and civil rights advocate Mary McLeod Bethune will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall in 2022 — marking the first time a Black person has been honored with a figure ...

Black educator Mary McLeod Bethune became the first Black American to have a state-sanctioned statue erected in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall on July 13. Bethune’s placement holds ...

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 ...

Educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune makes history as the first Black person to have a state-commissioned statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall, replacing a confederate statue.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Patsy and Samuel McLeod knew the cruelty and harsh realities for Black people in the Civil War-era South. When the former slaves' 15th child was born in 1875, they undoubtedly ...

A statue of civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune has officially replaced a statue of a Confederate general in the US Capitol’s Statuary Hall. Bethune has made history as the first Black person to ...