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Today In History The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune became one of the most important Black educators, civil and women’s rights leaders and government officials of the twentieth century. The college she founded set educational standards for today’s Black colleges, and her role as an advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave African Americans an advocate in government. On this date March 5, 1985 Mary McLeod Bethune was commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp. Issued in conjuntion with the 50th anniversary of the National Council of Negro Women, which she founded in 1935 and served as the vice-president of the NAACP for 15 years. CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #staywoke #womenshistorymonth #marymcleodbethune #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CpZkcI0uenV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Statue in Florida

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to photograph the larger-than-life marble statue of civil rights pioneer, presidential advisor and renowned Black educator, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, at the News-Journal Center in Daytona Beach, FL before it was being transferred to the National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. As the first state-commissioned statue of an African American, this project was led by University of Florida alum Bob Lloyd and sculpted by artist Nilda Comas, the first artist of Puerto Rican descent commissioned to sculpt a statue for the National Statuary Hall Collection. 

The statue is made of Italian Carrara marble and carved by Comas in Pietrasanta, Italy. The combined statue and pedestal are 11 feet tall and weigh 6,129 pounds. Comas depicts an imposing, mature Bethune looking slightly downward, as though at a child. Her benevolent smile conveys her determined yet gentle demeanor. She holds a walking stick in her right hand and a black marble rose in her left, and she wears academic garb, including a mortarboard cap and tassel and a long robe. A dress with embroidered collar and lace details and a simple pearl necklace are visible below the open robe. Her shoes, with laces and sturdy heels, evoke pairs she wore when photographed in similar attire.

Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was the founder of Bethune-Cookman College, Florida’s first institution of higher education for African Americans. Dr. Bethune’s statue replaced the statue of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall. 

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Two giants of black education:  Mary McLeod Bethune and Maggie Lena Walker

[joanaavillez]

Historian @alexis_coe came up with a group of 10 women essential to the history of Washington DC (who likely don’t have a marble bust erected in their honor). Anyway, 2D statues work just fine — I drew them all for my latest wallpaper collaboration with @flatvernacular for @the.wing’s new DC location!!! * #victoriawoodhull #patsymink #julialathrop #carriechapmancatt #patriciarobertsharris #marymcleodbethune #francesperkins #belvalockwood #nellietayloeross #elizabethkeckley (at The Wing)

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[chocolateancestor]

Mary McLeod Bethune "Born on July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, South Carolina, Bethune was a child of former slaves. She graduated from the Scotia Seminary for Girls in 1893. Believing that education provided the key to racial advancement, Bethune founded the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute in 1904, which later became Bethune-Cookman College. She founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935. Bethune died in 1955." #marymcleodbethune #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth #womenshistorymonth2017 #blackwomen #blackgirlsrock #blackexcellence #blackeducator #bethunecookman #ncnw

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"If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything... that smacks of discrimination or slander." - Mary McLeod Bethune CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #marymcleodbethune #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #staywoke https://www.instagram.com/p/CikEpbdOM62/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[cartermagazine]

Today In History Educator, Philanthropist, Humanitarian, Civil Rights leader and Author Mary McLeod Bethune, became the first woman to receive a major appointment by the United States Federal Government, being named Director of African American Affairs of the National Youth Administration on this date, June 24, 1936. The daughter of former slaves, Mary Jane McLeod Bethune became one of the most important black educators, civil and women’s rights leaders and government officials of the twentieth century. The college she founded set educational standards for today’s black colleges, and her role as an advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave African Americans an advocate in government. CARTER™ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #staywoke #cartermagazine #carter #marymcleodbethune #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history https://www.instagram.com/p/CfLqTRzusqH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=