Mary McLeod Bethune

Description:

Recounts the life of Mary McLeod Bethune, an African American educator who fought poverty and discrimination, founded a college, and worked with Franklin Delano Roosevelt to improve opportunities for blacks.

subjects: African American women political activists,  Juvenile literature,  Civil rights,  African American women educators,  Teachers,  African American women social reformers,  Women,  African Americans,  Biography,  History

People: Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)

Times: 20th century