Dorothy Height (right), president of the National Council of Negro Women, presents the Mary McLeod Bethune Human Rights Award to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at the council's silver anniversary lunch ...

Mary McLeod Bethune ... House of Representatives in 1938. Bethune was aided by the close friendship she’d forged with first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who saw eye to eye with Bethune on civil ...

When Mary McLeod Bethune died in 1955 ... In that role, she meets the mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the mother-in-law to Eleanor Roosevelt. From there, Eleanor introduces her to a series ...

Mary McLeod Bethune was born in ... Along the way, she befriended First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who stayed at her home on the Bethune-Cookman campus on three different occasions.

Mary McLeod Bethune was of more humble origins ... Mary McCloud Bethune and Eleanor Roosevelt made a powerful impact on their world and continue to inspire future generations with their timeless ...

When I first landed an internship as an archives technician at the Mary McLeod ... became Bethune-Cookman University. While living in Washington, D.C., where she moved to work with the Roosevelt ...

Civil rights leader and trailblazing educator Mary McLeod Bethune on Wednesday ... After forming a strong friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt, Bethune became director of the Negro Affairs Division ...

A statue of civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod ... presidents. Bethune was named director of the National Youth Administration’s Office of Negro Affairs under President Franklin Roosevelt.

A 13-foot tall statue of educator and philanthropist Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune will be unveiled ... She was also a friend of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and served as an advisor to her husband ...

DAYTONA BEACH — Her solitary grave rests among the serene beauty of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. Yet, the ...