Mary McLeod Bethune, pictured in the 1920s, when her school became a co-ed institution and she became the president of the National Association of Colored Women. Chicago History Museum / Getty ...

Mary McLeod Bethune, the child of former slaves, grew up to start a university and advise presidents. All it took was a child snatching a book from her hands. It happened in a flash, but the life of ...

Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration (NYA); an identified member of the local committee; Marian Anderson ...

Mary McLeod Bethune rose to become one of the most influential Black women of the 20th century. In 1904, she founded a small ...

On Tuesday, vandals toppled a statue of Mary holding the infant Jesus that stood outside St. Mary’s Immaculate Conception Church, 1405 Fifth Ave., Altoona. Courtesy photo A stealthy act of ...

He and other Black bikers formed their own event, an informal annual gathering that features music, food and vendors at Joe Harris Park, at the corner of Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard and Green ...