[Day 13 #BlackHistorySeries ] #MaryJaneMcLeod Bethune, (born McLeod) (July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an African educator and life rights leader best known for starting a private school forAfrican-American students in Daytona Beach, Florida. She attracted donations of time and money, and developed the academic school as a college. It later continued to develop asBethune-Cookman University. She also was appointed as a national adviser to PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt. She was known as "The First Lady of The Struggle” because of her commitment to give the African Americans a better life.For nearly a decade, Bethune worked as an educator. She married fellow teacher Albertus Bethune in 1898. The couple had one son together—Albert Mcleod Bethune—before ending their marriage in 1907. She believed that education provided the key to racial advancement. To that end, Bethune founded the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls in Daytona, Florida, in 1904. Starting out with only five students, she helped grow the school to more 250 students over the next years. Bethune served as the school's president, and she remained its leader even after it was combined with the Cookman Institute for Men in 1923 (some sources say 1929). The merged institution became known as the Bethune-Cookman College. The college was one of the few places that African-American students could pursue a college degree. Bethune stayed with the college until 1942. #DoResearch #BlackHistory #BlackArt #BlackHistoryArtSeries #AfricanHistory #KissMyBlackArts #KMBA #SeekKnowledge #SeekTruth #SlimBabyGfx #YoungBlackandGold #WeComeFromRoyalty #1000Network http://ift.tt/1G1S8W4
