Mary McLeod Bethune in Washington, D.C.: Activism & Education in Logan Circle

by Ida E. Jones, Elizabeth Clark-Lewis (Foreword by)

Overview

The civil rights leader’s life and work in the nation’s capital, and her influence around the world, are celebrated in this biography.
 
Best known as an educator and early civil rights activist, Mary McLeod Bethune was the daughter of formerly enslaved people. After moving to Washington, D.C., in 1936, she founded the National Council of Negro Women, an organization that supported Black women through numerous educational and community-based programs.
 
Bethune also led the charge to change the segregationist policies of local hospitals and concert halls, and she acted as a mentor to countless African American women in the District. In this loving biography, historian Ida E. Jones explores the monumental life of Mary McLeod Bethune as a leader, a crusader, and a Washingtonian.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625840844
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	04/13/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	236
Sales rank:	737,261
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Ida E. Jones is the Assistant Curator of Manuscripts for Howard University's Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. She completed her PhD in American History at Howard University. Jones is the National Director of the Association of Black Women Historians. Dr. Elizabeth Clark-Lewis is a professor of History at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Foreword Dr. Elizabeth Clark-Lewis 7

Preface 9

Acknowledgements 13

Introduction 15

1 Mary Jane McLeod 21

Her Family Roots

Formation of the Daytona Industrial School: "Give Them A Chance"

Advocate for Boys, Girls and Women

Emerging Leader

Leadership in NACW

Meeting the Roosevelt Women

2 Becoming a Washington Resident 47

President Roosevelt Galls: National Youth Administration

Showcasing Negro Women: NCNW at 1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest

Publishing and Preserving Negro Women's History

Preserving Negro Women's History

3 In the House 91

Celebrating M Womankind: The Honor Roll

All the World's Welcome: International Visitors

We Serve America, Keep Your Job, Young Women and Employment

4 For the House 135

Home Runs, Brotherly Love and Bethune Benefit Games

Sing a Song Full of Hope: Concerts for Civil and Human Rights

Jim Crow Sends Stork to D.C. Street: Committee on Sibley Hospital

Beauty, Health and Delta Sigma Theta

5 Stepping Aside: Bethune Bids Adieu 161

Appendix. Bethune's Washington Timeline, 1936-1949 173

Works Cited 177

Index 185

About the Author 189