(1875-1955). 1875 mary mcleod bethune was born in mayesville, sc. (slavery had just ended)
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(1875-1955)
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1875Mary McLeod Bethune
was born in Mayesville, SC.
(Slavery had just ended)
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As a child, white kids told her she couldn’t
read.
This made her even more determined to
learn.
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She went to school for African Americans in a church.
Her teacher was Emma Wilson. She learned all she could before she left school at age 15.
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She was offered a chance to go to Scotia Seminary….
an upscale high school for girls.
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She became a teacher at an African-American school,
Haines Institute, in Augusta, GA.
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Bethune started her OWN school for girls, in Daytona Beach, FL with only $1.50. Community members helped raise money to get the school started.
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Bethune started “women’s clubs” to capture the power of African American women.
They raised money to provide health care for African children.
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Great Depression: (end of 1920s – early 1930s)
President Franklin Roosevelt hired Bethune to work in NYA.
The National Youth Administration helped African Americans get
jobs.
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Bethune’s school expanded and became a college.
1941The college was named Bethune-Cookman College after Mary
McLeod Bethune
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Bethune won many awards and was honored in other countries.
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Bethune was the 1st African-American
woman to be honored with a
statue in a park in
Washington D.C.Her photo is on a United States stamp.
1974