Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration (NYA); an identified member of the local committee; Marian Anderson ...
In 1935, Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women, an “organization of organizations” to unify African American ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: To celebrate Black History month, we will be reposting our series on African Americans who had a major impact ... school’s founder — Mary McLeod Bethune — is never alone.