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McLeod Bethune- Life History |
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Mary
McLeod Bethune was born Mary Jane McLeod on July 10, 1875 in Mayesville,
South Carolina. (The picture on the left is of the cabin where she was born.)
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After
being sponsored at a mission school in South Carolina and receiving a scholarship
to Moody Bible Institute, she moved to Daytona Beach in 1904 to begin her
own school. |
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Her
one room school became the Daytona Normal and Industrial School for Negro
Girls and taught not only reading and writing but home economics skills
as well. |
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Her
school grew over the years until 1923 when it merged with Cookman Institute,
a school for boys. The merged schools became known as Bethune-Cookman
College and continued to be located in Daytona Beach where it is in operation
today. |
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Bethune
was active in the fight against racism and served under several Presidents
as a member of the unofficial African American "brain trust."
In 1936 she was appointed by President Roosevelt as the director of the
National Youth Administration's Division of Negro Affairs.
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She
also founded the National Council of Negro Women and was an active member
of the National Association of Colored Women. Bethune died in May
1955. |
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Thirty
years later in 1985, Bethune was recognized as one of the most influential
Afro-American women in the country with a postage stamp issued in her honor
and a statue of her erected in a park in Washington, DC. |
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NOTEWORTHY ON FLORIDA MEMORY |
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Conjunto Aventura
Norteño, sometimes also called Norteña or Conjunto, literally translates to the word “northern,” referring to the region of northern Mexico and present day southern Texas where the musical style originated. |
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Resources for the 2010 Florida History Fair
This is a list of resources available online from the State Library and Archives of Florida relating to the suggested Florida History Fair topics. |
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See the "Common Ground" slideshow!
This presentation is part of “Common Ground,” a global event consisting of museums, galleries, and archives worldwide showing the same slideshow of photographs in public spaces on the same weekend (October 2-3, 2009). |
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