Mary McLeod Bethune was an African-American teacher. She is best known for her civil rights activism and the founding of Bethune-Cookman College.
Some Interesting Facts
* Bethune originally wanted to be a Missionary in Africa, she even attended the Moody Bible Institute to achieve this goal.
* Eleanor Roosevelt called Bethune "her closest friend in her age group."
* Bethune served as president of Bethune-Cookman College, one of few women to do so during that time period.
* Served as an advisory on Minority Affairs with FDR.
* Founded the Daytona Literary and Industrial School for Training Negro Girls which later became Bethune-Cookman College. When it was started it had 6 students.
* A statue of Mary McLeod Bethune stands in Lincoln Park in Washington D.C.
Some Quotes from Mary McLeod Bethune
- "Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough."
- "If our people are to fight their way up out of bondage we must arm them with the sword and the shield and the buckler of pride."
- "Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. with it, nothing is impossible."
- "I have had more than half a century of such happiness. A great deal of worry and sorrow, too, but never a worry or a sorrow that was not offset by a purple iris, a lark, a bluebird, or a dewy morning glory."
- "If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs."
- "I never stop to plan. I take things step-by-step."
A Video about Mary McLeod Bethune
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