Mary McLeod Bethune started a school in 1904 with $1.50 and five students. It is now Bethune-Cookman University.

Mary McLeod Bethune is best known for founding the Bethune-Cookman College, a HBCU in Daytona, but also being a standout ...

Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs ... With the success of her school, Bethune went on to be a spokesman for her race and her gender. In 1935, she founded the National Council ...

Born Mary Jane McLeod, Bethune was the 15th of 17 children. She grew up on a farm in South Carolina and began working in the fields when she was 5. The only child in her family to be educated, she ...

Bethune-Cookman University has opened a food bank, Mother Mary's Market, for students, faculty and staff in a building on the Daytona Beach campus.

Mary McLeod Bethune rose to become one of the most influential Black women of the 20th century. In 1904, she founded a small school for girls in Daytona Beach, Florida. That school later became ...

Mary McLeod Bethune started a school in 1904 with $1.50 and five students. It is now Bethune-Cookman University. PNJ Headlines: Here's what’s in the news Tuesday PNJ Headlines: Here's what’s ...

Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs ... With the success of her school, Bethune went on to be a spokesman for her race and her gender. In 1935, she founded the National Council ...

Mary McLeod Bethune started a school in 1904 with $1.50 and five students. It is now Bethune-Cookman University. Tim Walters Zora Neale Hurston rose to literary prominence 15 years after death ...