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Margaret Lynch, 65, of Sunset, Texas, passed May 2, 2025, leaving behind a legacy of love, resilience and dedication. Funeral ...
This included her dedication to extracurricular activities at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary ... Shaw (February 2019). No formal funeral or burial services will be held. Linda’s children welcome close ...
Mamie Till-Mobley insisted on an open-casket funeral after her 14-year-old son ... exhibitions and special events to celebrate Walker’s 160th birthday and her legacy. Mary McLeod Bethune rose from a ...
Curry, taught about Black leaders like Mary McLeod Bethune, W.E.B. DuBois ... four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Funeral arrangements are pending. Jerry Butler in 2012 at a tribute ...
The one that strikes out to me is when Mary McLeod Bethune said ... working for presidents of the United States." Henderson’s funeral service will be held at noon Saturday, Feb. 15, at ...
Moore: Civil rights pioneer led 1000s of black Floridians to vote Mary McLeod Bethune taught black girls ... and just a day after attending her husband’s funeral. Their daughter, Peaches ...
She sang at his funeral two months later ... FILE - U.S. President Harry Truman, from left, poses with Mary McLeod Bethune, retiring founder-president of the National Council of Negro Women ...
At her funeral, Mary McLeod Bethune, the civil rights activist, gave a eulogy and when Hughes described the service in his book, The Big Sea, he wrote that just like during her lifetime ...
Noted advocates for racial equality, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune were successful in advocating ... Sadly, the War Department refused to pay for funeral expenses; however, the ...
Numerous accolades from community organizations included the Lifetime Achievement Award from InterFaith Works, and the Mary Mcleod Bethune Educator ... noon at the church. Funeral Mass is at ...