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Author: Eloise Greenfield Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0064461688 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 44
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‘During the years following the Civil War in rural South Carolina where opportunities for blacks to go to school were nonexistent, [Mary McLeod Bethune had to overcome many obstacles to pursue her dream of education for all children]. Simply told, this biography of an outstanding black educator has excellent illustrations.' 'SLJ. Children's Books of 1977 (Library of Congress)
Author: Ashley N. Robertson Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1626199833 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 144
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Mary McLeod Bethune was often called the "First Lady of Negro America," but she made significant contributions to the political climate of Florida as well. From the founding of the Daytona Literary and Industrial School for Training Negro Girls in 1904, Bethune galvanized African American women for change. She created an environment in Daytona Beach that, despite racial tension throughout the state, allowed Jackie Robinson to begin his journey to integrating Major League Baseball less than two miles away from her school. Today, her legacy lives through a number of institutions, including Bethune-Cookman University and the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation National Historic Landmark. Historian Ashley Robertson explores the life, leadership and amazing contributions of this dynamic activist.
Author: Joyce A. Hanson Publisher: University of Missouri Press ISBN: 0826264042 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 262
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Mary McLeod Bethune was a significant figure in American political history. She devoted her life to advancing equal social, economic, and political rights for blacks. She distinguished herself by creating lasting institutions that trained black women for visible and expanding public leadership roles. Few have been as effective in the development of women’s leadership for group advancement. Despite her accomplishments, the means, techniques, and actions Bethune employed in fighting for equality have been widely misinterpreted. Mary McLeod Bethune and Black Women’s Political Activism seeks to remedy the misconceptions surrounding this important political figure. Joyce A. Hanson shows that the choices Bethune made often appear contradictory, unless one understands that she was a transitional figure with one foot in the nineteenth century and the other in the twentieth. Bethune, who lived from 1875 to 1955, struggled to reconcile her nineteenth-century notions of women’s moral superiority with the changing political realities of the twentieth century. She used two conceptually distinct levels of activism—one nonconfrontational and designed to slowly undermine systemic racism, the other openly confrontational and designed to challenge the most overt discrimination—in her efforts to achieve equality. Hanson uses a wide range of never- or little-used primary sources and adds a significant dimension to the historical discussion of black women’s organizations by such scholars as Elsa Barkley Brown, Sharon Harley, and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn. The book extends the current debate about black women’s political activism in recent work by Stephanie Shaw, Evelyn Brooks-Higginbotham, and Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore. Examining the historical evolution of African American women’s activism in the critical period between 1920 and 1950, a time previously characterized as “doldrums” for both feminist and civil rights activity, Mary McLeod Bethune and Black Women’s Political Activism is important for understanding the centrality of black women to the political fight for social, economic, and racial justice.
Author: Andrea Broadwater Publisher: Enslow Publishing ISBN: 9780766017719 Category : African American women educators Languages : en Pages : 0
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Traces the life and achievements of the Black educator who fought bigotry and sought equality for Blacks in the areas of education and political rights.
Author: Yahya Jongintaba Publisher: ISBN: 9781621906216 Category : African American women educators Languages : en Pages :
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"Mary McCleod Bethune, one half of the historic founders of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona, Florida, rose from humble beginning as the daughter of former slaves and a field hand from the age of five to initiate a school for African American girls that would become today's university. Yahya Jongintaba explores Bethune's religious upbringing in an impoverished South, her hard-nosed work ethic, and her strongly held religious beliefs that would lead her to found an industrial training school for girls in turn of the twentieth century Florida. Jongintaba, using the large archival holdings of Bethune's personal writings and speeches, argues that by viewing Bethune's life through her religious convictions, readers can better understand the historical dimensions surrounding an already heralded leader"--
Author: Nancy Long Publisher: Florida Historical Society Press ISBN: 9780981733760 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 161
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This book is easy and interesting reading. It presents the "Life and Legacy" of the late Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune holistically and concludes with testimonies from living witnesses. The author narrates Dr. Bethune's early years and documents how developments in those years influenced her later accomplishments. Permeating Dr. Bethune's spectacular career is a philosophy based on deep religious convictions and held that "work was honorable, no matter how menial the task.
Author: Milton Meltzer Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9780812461695 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Traces the life and achievements of the black educator who was instrumental in creating opportunities for blacks in education and government.
Author: Ida E. Jones Publisher: History Press Library Editions ISBN: 9781540221452 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 194
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Best known as an educator and early civil rights activist, Mary McLeod Bethune was the daughter of former slaves. After moving to Washington, D.C., in 1936, she organized and represented thousands of women with the National Council of Negro Women. She led the charge to change the segregationist policies of local hospitals and concert halls, and she acted as a mentor to countless African American women in the District. Residents of all races were brought together to honor Bethune's birthday with some of the first games between the local Negro League team and a white semi-pro team. Historian Ida E. Jones explores the monumental life of Mary McLeod Bethune as a leader, a crusader and a Washingtonian.
Author: Mary McLeod Bethune
Author: Eloise Greenfield
Author: Ashley N. Robertson
Author: Joyce A. Hanson
Author: Nancy Ann Zrinyi Long
Author: Lissa Jones Johnston
Author: Andrea Broadwater
Author: Yahya Jongintaba
Author: Nancy Long
Author: Milton Meltzer
Author: Ida E. Jones