Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs ... had been enslaved on the McIntosh and McLeod plantations in Maysville, South Carolina, a "country town in the midst of rice and cotton ...

Mary McLeod Bethune overcame all odds to found a school to educate black people at a time of division and segregation in America.

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 ...

When I first landed an internship as an archives technician at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House ... between peoples of color throughout the world.” Bethune’s story begins in Mayesville, South ...

Moore: Civil rights pioneer led 1000s of black Floridians to vote Mary McLeod Bethune taught black girls they could be more Born in Mayesville, South Carolina, in 1875, Mary McCleod was the 15th ...

When I first landed an internship as an archives technician at the Mary McLeod Bethune ... throughout the world.” Bethune’s story begins in Mayesville, South Carolina, where she was born ...