...Mary McLeod Bethune Mary McLeod Bethune was a motherly figure to her people that consumed the majority of her lifespan cultivating and toiling to certify that African-Americans received the humanoid entitlements and basic rights they deserve. She was an activist, philanthropist, guide, and an educationalist that devoted many decades to battle for civil rights and enhance the African-American community. She was a firm believer that the key to battle misfortunes and hardships that were enfeebling African-Americans was tutelage and education. Bethune undertook and triumphed voluminous superb responsibilities in order to make a significant, encouraging influence on humanity and elevate her community. Bethune was conceived July 10, 1875 in Mayesville, South Carolina to Samuel and Patsy McLeod, who were former slaves that attained land once they were unchained from enslavement. Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was the fifteenth of seventeen children and grew up in a home chock-full of destitution and paucity. Since she was a child, she toiled on the cotton field and assisted her mother with doing laundry for white folk. The poverty that her family endured prevented her from pursuing an education. Bethune went through an occurrence that stimulated her to break the cycle in her community and befit into a cultivated African-American woman. While distributing the laundry she washed with her mother to a white client, Bethune picked up a book and began to look at it. A white child became infuriated...
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...invaluable resource which helps set history straight.” —1 Four of the six women were born in nineteenth century but five of them died in this century: Wells-Barnett in 1931; Terrell in 1954; Bethune in 1955; Roosevelt in 1962; Baker in 1986; Parks is still alive. There are also some common threads that weave their way through each of these women’s lives. They all valued education, not just formal schooling but a love of learning making them truly life long learners. Each woman kept her mind open to new possibilities and each cared deeply about people 2 In 1963, for example, Betty Friedan, founder of the National Organization for Women, published The Feminine Mystique, which exposed the strict and confining gender roles instilled in U.S. society in the 1950s and 1960s -- and, arguably, today 3 Ida Wells-Barnett was one of two black women to sign the call for the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909.4 In 1890, Mary Church Terrell spoke about black women’s handicaps, that of race and gender, at the National Woman Suffrage Association convention in Washington, D.C.. She acknowledged that white women have a great handicap—that of gender to overcome but black women have a dual handicap—that of gender and race that must be addressed. 5 In 1927, Mary...
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...Kasem L. Daniels 640 Dr Mary Mcleod Bethune Blvd Daytona Beach, Florida, 32114 Cell: (929) 272- 9177 House: (347) 488-2354 Email: kasemdaniels@yahoo.com Profile: Microsoft Word, Good organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. Experience: A.M. New York Papers Brooklyn, New York, Paper Giver 07/2013 to 10/2013 * Greet the customer with a smile and respect. * Promote the everyday special sales at stores. * Hand people the papers. * Organized all the papers to make sure they are in good condition to be handed out. Sodexo Daytona Beach, Florida Grill Cook 02/2013 to 05/2013 * Cooking the burgers and french fries until the food completely done. * Packing orders to make sure all item prepared for next shift * Operate large-volume cooking equipment such as grills, deep-fat fryers, or griddles. * Clean food preparation areas, cooking surfaces, and utensils. Daytona Beach Kennel Club Daytona Beach, Florida Lead-out 10/2012 to 02/2013 * Get the dog dress and prepare for their race. * Walk the dogs to the race cage and then put them inside the cage carefully * After the race is over get the dog undress. * Take the dog back to their owner and make sure it wash and clean. ...
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...Carolina the legendary Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was born. Mary was the fifteenth of the seventeen children to be born with freedom. She was born as a former slave of Samuel and Patsy McLeod. Patsy worked until her family had enough money to have 5 acres of land which Mary’s father decided to grow cotton. At 9 years old Mary picked 250 pounds of cotton per day making her develop a strong work ethic. Mary’s mother delivered laundry to white peoples’ homes.Mary was allowed to play with the white children and their toys sometimes. While playing with the children, Mary picked up a book the white child snatched the book away saying black children could not read. As a result of her success instead letting these words hinder her Mary used...
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...When a person thinks of Mary McLeod Bethune they will think of her as a one of the most crucial African American educators. Not only was Bethune an educator, she was also an activist, and president of the National Association of Colored Women. Mary McLeod is admired by women across the world for becoming one of the most influential educators. Bethune was born on July 10, 1875 in South Carolina. She was the daughter of former slaves. She grew up as one of the seventeen children born to former slaves and she lived in poverty. She was the only child in her family to attend school, because a missionary opened a school for African American children nearby. Mary McLeod later received a scholarship to now Barber - Scotia College (previously known as Scotia Seminary), a school for girls. After she graduated in 1893, she attended Dwight Moody’s Institute for Home and Foreign missions and she completed her studies there two years later and went on to become a teacher....
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...Mary McLeod Bethune once declared, “I leave you a thirst for education. Knowledge is a prime need of the hour.” Most of Bethune’s most successful accomplishments were related to education. In this way, the quote relates perfectly to the crucial impact she had on the world. Bethune proved that black women could be respected and successful during a time when prejudice and racism dominated society. Mary McLeod Bethune was an extremely influential part in society and positively impacted the way African Americans and women are viewed today. Born on July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, South Carolina, Mary McLeod Bethune was the third youngest of seventeen children (“Mary McLeod Bethune 1875-1955”). Even as a child, Bethune was viewed as “different”...
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...would most likely see this perspective from the stories written and shared by the Black males. But this experience was shared by the Black women as well and their actions, their perspectives, and choices helped shape what would be a liberating movement in a fight for Civil Rights and equality. In the fight for Civil Rights - they were pushing for reforms on two fronts: Civil Rights for being African-American and equal rights for women. They inhibited two minority platforms - that of women and that of being African-American. They fought for it however and as a result, African American women today enjoy freedoms and opportunities that those before them did not. One of the key figures in the African American women’s movement was Mary McLeod Bethune. Something of a Matriarch, she possessed a dynamic and even aggressive personality. Not particularly well read, she was a forceful speaker who could grasp and absorb ideas that gave support to her own interests (Holt, 1964). She was a pioneering figure for civil rights and education, working to provide education and opportunities to African-Americans believing that education is the route to progress and empowerment. She was born to former slave parents in 1875 and joined them working in the...
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...Mary McLeod Bethune is civil right activist and educator was dedicated to educate freed African American. Mary grew up in poverty in South Carolina and attends Scotia Seminary in North Carolina. She completed her studies after two years and then she paved her way to start institute for Black people. In 1904, Mary open an institute call Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls in Daytona Florida later name to Bethune Cookman College. As an educator Mary Bethune pave the way for all people because or her passion to teach people. When educators read her story about her compassion of teaching I want to continue paving the way teach my students. Becoming an educator, I’m going to continuing pave way by going different teachers’ workshop...
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...South Carolina, after it was announced that the end of slavery was here. Mary was the first of her family to attend school.Life was still very difficult for the McLeod family and other African Americans.Mary had one important goal:She wanted to give black children in the U.S the chance to go to school. For many years after the Civil War, African-American children could not attend school.They were busy working to help their parents,like Mary who worked on her family’s farm.There also were a few schools available for black children.Few black children get an education because people thought it was unnecessary and because it may be dangerous because they might demand for equal rights but Mary changed that. Mary’s dream was to start a school because she realized that the education most black students received was not helpful and that girls were rarely included in education plans.With a lot of...
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...and educationally. During this time women and children were able to work and/or get an education, and black and white women were able to teach. Ida B. Wells was one of the African American women that were able to teach. Although Wells had to drop out of school at an early age, she still managed to teach students in her community. Another African American educator was Mary Mcleod Bethune. In 1904, Bethune started her own school for African-American girls in Daytona, Florida. Though only five girls were enrolled at the beginning of Bethune's teaching career, she still managed to remain faithful and continue educating young women. Her faith brought forth the blessing that she had hoped for. Within the next two years, there were more than 250 students enrolled in her school. While teaching, Bethune noticed that there were no hospitals for African Americans, so she decided to buy a small house to take care of African American patients. Some of her students were nurses, and there were also white nurses that helped Bethune. In 1922, Cookman College joined with Bethune, and she became the president until she died. Bethune believed that "Education is the key to racial advancement." The education of women led to many women using their education to become politicians. Nellie Somerville used the education that she received at Whitworth College and Martha Washington College to become an officer in the Women's Christian Temperance Movement, become the founder of the Mississippi Women's Suffrage...
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...The 1930’s was a period of transformation in the political, legal, and social status of African Americans in the United States. Despite dramatic developments, many economic and demographic characteristics of African Americans at the end of the 1930’s were not that different from what they had been in the previous decades. It was for difficult for Blacks to make a living during the Great Depression. Living conditions were unreal and most people lived in extreme poverty. While these conditions affected all segments of society, African Americans were far worst off. Most of the country's Black population lived in rural areas and worked on farms owned by white landowners. For African-Americans, the depression was hard to distinguish when poverty was always a way of life. Living conditions became more horrendous when some landowners lost their properties during the Depression. However, there were many African-Americans who continued to make their living doing hard manual labor or working in dangerous areas such as in foundries, while others worked as domestic servants for whites. A smaller number worked for the railroads, steel mills, coal mines and school boards. There were some African-Americans who made fairly reasonable living operating small businesses. Around this time, the government began to get involved with the social statuses of African Americans. At the start of the decade and throughout most of his first term, neither President Franklin Roosevelt nor the Congress paid...
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...Vernetta Hilliard Outline summary 9/30/13 The Bombing of the 16th Street Baptiste Church General Purpose: To inform my audience about the bombing of the 16th street Baptiste church. Specific Purpose: The tragedy of the bombing of the church, and how it helped change history. Thesis Statement: The bombing of the 16th street Baptiste church was one of America’s most horrific tragedies. Introduction “Auntie can I borrow your compact, brush, and a quarter?” Those were the last words of a little girl 12 years old who died in the bombing of the 16th street Baptiste Church. She was one of four little girls who died that day, Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, and Carole Robertson. They lost their lives because of hatred and an unwillingness to change. The events that happened on September 15, 1963 would be remembered in US history forever. I have heard of this event my whole life. My mother has vivid memories of visiting this very same church as a child while on summer break visiting relatives in Birmingham. I will take you a journey of the history of this historic landmark, the tragic events of this day, and the aftermath of that day in civil rights. Transition: I want to begin by giving you a look at the start of this church. Body I. Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was the first African American church to be organized in Birmingham. A. According to the church’s official website, the church was formed in 1873 on 16th and 6th st...
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...were court trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; and Nazi leaders were tried for aggression, and primarily crimes against humanity. This helped to promote international justice by attempting to show that what the Nazis were doing was wrong. The International Military Tribunal also tried German leaders that were suspected of committing crimes as well. Because these two things were established, it went to show that people would still face consequences for their actions regardless. 6) The rationale for the formation of the United Nations was that a German victory would have been a greater danger, and this would give priority to the war in Europe. Both FDR and Churchill signed this coalition off and 26 other countries adjoined as well. Mary McLeod Bethune was a highly known African American educator at this time, and she was the only woman of color that was present at the meeting that started the United Nations as a whole. She believed mostly in education for all, and set standards for primarily African American colleges today as well. ...
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...United States History 2 Final Review Guide Part I: Multiple Choice Chapter 20 ● Results of the Treaty of Versailles: - The Treaty of Versailles was signed after WWI in the palace of Versailles on June 28, 1919. Its goals were to "clean up the mess" after the war. The Treaty reestablished many boundaries and borders. Colonies, namely Germany's, were split among the Allied nations. Germany was disarmed since they were considered to be a threat by the rest of the world. Germany was also forced to take full responsibility for WWI, and were charged billions of dollars, which destroyed their economy. In the long run, the Treaty did more harm than good. Due to all the problems the Treaty caused for Germany, the country was left in a bad mood and was definitely looking at the rest of the world with a vengeful eye. In a way, it could be said that the Treaty of Versailles indirectly led to WWII. ● Explain the policy of Imperialism: - Simply put, imperialism is the quest for colonial empires. Countries go to other places in the world and claim them as their own. Countries imperialized for many reasons. Some countries wanted to establish military bases. An example of this is Hawaii, which the United States took over and used as a naval base. Other reasons countries imperialized were to gain global prestige, as well as to expand their territory. ● President Wilson's rules for peace after WWI: - After the war, President Woodrow Wilson sought to repair...
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...(Martha H. Swain, "Women’s Work Relief in the Great Depression.", 2014) When women were included in the welfare or labor programs, they made up less than 5% of New Deal beneficiaries. The same could be said for African Americans and minority groups, as “most New Deal programs discriminated against blacks. The NRA, for example, not only offered whites the first crack at jobs, but authorized separate and lower pay scales for blacks.” (Mintz, S., & McNeil, S. (2013). Digital History. 2014). However, as New Deal programs were developed and improved, it is evident that these groups of overlooked citizens did have a part in Roosevelt’s plan for the country. In his later years as President, Roosevelt appointed African American educator, Mary McLeod Bethune, as an advisor of the National Youth Association. As a result, African American youth were able to procure a fair amount of funds. Minority groups such as Mexican Americans also received an equal amount of consideration through programs that set up camps for migrant workers and some even being covered by more defined services such as the Farm Security Administration. Women, also not treated as on equal footing as men, received a significant amount of aid. For example, “the National Youth Administration (NYA), provided opportunities for young girls. NYA offered educational opportunities, work training, and financial aid for youth between ages sixteen and twenty-five” (Martha H. Swain, "Women’s Work Relief in the Great Depression...
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