MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE

Posted 7/3/06

  Born July 10, 1875 to Samuel and Patsy McLeod, former slaves living near Mayesville, Mary McLeod Bethune is one of 17 children.

  In 1882, she is enrolled in a school in Mayesville for local black children founded by Emma Wilson, a white …

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