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 ...

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 ...

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.

Bethune was the 15th of 17 children born to Samuel and Patsy McLeod, former slaves, in Mayesville, South Carolina. She rose to become not just the founder of B-CU, but also an advisor to ...

Inside lay a 1929 letter, Mary McLeod Bethune’s steady cursive inviting Fisk sociologist Charles S. Johnson to help tell her story “as a roadmap for our children’s tomorrow.” ...

The vice president of institutional advancement at Bethune-Cookman University joins WESH 2's Sanika Dange to discuss ways to participate and celebrate Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune’s 150th birthday.

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

Civil rights activist and educator Mary McLeod Bethune has made history as the first Black person to have a state-commissioned statue in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall.

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.

Mary McLeod Bethune was born in 1875 to former slaves. Found school for girls in 1904 with only $1.50. Friendship with first lady leads to federal appointment at National Youth Administration ...