Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American
educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a
school for African-American students in Daytona Beach, Florida, that eventually became Bethune-Cookman
University
and for being an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Born in South Carolina to parents who had been slaves and having to work
in fields at age five, she took an early interest in her own education.
With the help of benefactors, Bethune ...
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