Showing posts with label Mary McLeod Bethune. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mary McLeod Bethune. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Black History Facts
In 1938, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt challenged the segregation rules at the Southern Conference on Human Welfare in Birmingham, Alabama, so she could sit next to African-American educator Mary McLeod Bethune, whom she referred to as "her closest friend in her age group."
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