San Diego actress Annette Hubbell portrays historic Black figures Mary McLeod Bethune (left), Sojourner Truth (center) and Harriet Tubman (right) in her one-woman show, Woman Warriors.

University Circle Officer Gloria Mercado wins Civil Rights Outstanding Youth Services award for her impactful work with local youth and community programs.

Mary McLeod Bethune, a teacher and civil rights activist, and Carter G. Woodson, a historian and creator of Black History Month, were two of the movement’s most prominent leaders. “What Bethune did, ...

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The Midtown Music Concert Series in Daytona returns on Saturday, April 26 with a free concert at Daisy Stocking Park, 555 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd., from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. The feature band will ...

Discover 21 influential Black leaders who changed history through activism, politics, education, science and justice.

"For a historical figure that was a role model, I would say Mary McLeod Bethune (found of Bethune-Cookman University and one of the most important Black educators and civil and women's rights ...

Bethune became involved in activist work during this time. After the passage of the 19th Amendment, she worked at voter registration drives, helping Black women register in the face of racist violence ...

Now the main message: Mary McLeod Bethune ranks among the most creative and thoughtful leaders that the Black American has produced. It is my belief that her time has come. She left a living legacy of ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has announced the lineup for each day of its 2025 edition. Single-day tickets also are now on sale.

The program begins later this month with 120 scholars from seven Philadelphia middle schools: Mary McLeod Bethune, Morton McMichael, Paul L. Dunbar, Russell H. Conwell, Tanner G. Duckrey, John F.

Last month, Noliwe Rooks, the chair of the Department of Africana Studies, was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for her 2024 book “A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod ...