The family could only afford to send one ... president of the National Council of Negro Women, presents the Mary McLeod Bethune Human Rights Award to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at the council's ...

Mary McLeod Bethune, pictured in the 1920s ... was sent to school while some of her siblings continued to work on the family farm. After completing studies at Scotia Seminary and, in 1895 ...

She was taught by her family that her roots were in Africa ... Her training prepared her to become a missionary. Mary McLeod ...

Born Mary Jane McLeod, Bethune was the 15th of 17 children. She grew up on a farm in South Carolina and began working in the fields when she was 5. The only child in her family to be educated, she ...

She became the only child in her family to receive an education and began working ... along with details of her extraordinary life and achievements. Mary McLeod Bethune was convinced at an early age ...

Black Bike Week also burnished its creds by wrapping up its 54th year on Saturday at Daytona Beach’s Joe Harris Park and other spots along Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard. The family friendly ...