Born in Mayesville, South Carolina, in 1875, Mary McCleod was the 15th of 17 children born to former slaves Sam and Patsy McLeod. She was the first of her siblings to be born into freedom.

Paisley Henry, age 9, gives as speech as Mary McLeod Bethune, from the second-floor balcony of her historic home on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach on Thursday, July 10 ...

The community came together to celebrate the 150th birthday of Mary McLeod Bethune, a teacher and leader in civil rights. A big part of the celebration was the reopening of her historic home on ...

A balloon release — celebrating what would have been the 150th birthday of civil rights activist and education pioneer Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.

The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House, Bethune’s last Washington, D.C., residence and the place where she founded the National Council of Negro Women, is now a National Historic Site.

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.