Description Born in 1873 as the first free child in a family of former slaves, Mary Mc Leod Bethune would become an adviser to American presidents, an important civil rights leader, and founder of what is now Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Through the recollections of Mary Mc Leod Bethune and those closest to her, Nancy Ann Zrinyi Long has created an engaging biography of an influential and inspirational educator and activist.
Florida Historical Society Press Mary mcleod bethune: her life and legacy, paperback/nancy long
