Mary McLeod Bethune

Interviewee

Bill Dudley, Florida Humanities Council

Files

Publication Date

6-1-1996

Abstract

In 1996 Bill Dudley profiled Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), African-American civil rights leader and educator and founder of Bethune-Cookman College (later named Bethune-Cookman University) in Daytona Beach, Florida. A statue of Bethune will be placed in Washington D.C.'s National Statuary Hall in the United States Capital.

Keywords

Florida Humanities Council, Florida, History, Bethune-Cookman College, Bethune–Cookman University, Race Relations, African-Americans, College Students, Education, Daytona Beach, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt

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Recommended Citation

Dudley, Bill, "Mary McLeod Bethune" (1996). Florida Humanities Audio Archive. 4.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fhc_audio/4