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Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955

Biography:

Mary McLeod Bethune was an American educator who was active nationally in African American affairs and was a special adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the problems of minority groups. -- Encyclopedia Britannica WWW site

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Anne Braden Oral History Project (Kentucky Virtual Library)
  • Interview with Anne Braden, March 7, 1989 (Oral histories)
• Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections (University of South Carolina)
  • Clyburn on Bethune portrait--outtakes (Motion pictures (visual works))
• Florida Civil Rights Oral Histories (University of South Florida Libraries)
  • Dr. Robert W. Saunders, Sr. / interviewed by Canter Brown (Transcripts)
• Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003 (University of South Carolina)
  • Annual Educational Sermon, June 13, 1943, "The Importance of Small Things" (Text)
  • Notes on notable African Americans from South Carolina (Text)
  • Sermon, February 10, 1980, based on Philippians 4:8 (Text)
  • Sermon, May 8, 1983, "Duty and Woman" (Text)
• Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress)
  • Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, founder, Bethune-Cookman College [graphic]. (Photographic prints1980-2000.gmgpc)
  • [Framed portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune, presented to Rosa Parks by the National Council of Negro Woman, 1996] [graphic]. (Photographic prints1990-2000.gmgpc)
  • Mary McLeod Bethune [graphic]. (Portrait photographs1940-1960.gmgpc)
• Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches (American Public Media)