To help pay for expansion of the school, Bethune and her pupils baked pies and made ice cream to sell to nearby construction workers.
In addition to her regular classes, Bethune organized classes for the children of turpentine workers. In these ways she satisfied her desire to serve as a missionary. As the school at Daytona grew, it needed more money to run successfully. Bethune began to seek donations from anywhere she could. In she interested James M. Gamble of the Procter and Gamble Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, who contributed to the school and served as chairman of its board of trustees until his death.
In Bethune's school for girls merged with Cookman Institute of Jacksonville, Florida, a school for boys. Bethune served as president of the college until her retirement in She remained a trustee of the college to the end of her life. By the college had a faculty teachers and administrative staff of one hundred and a student enrollment of over one thousand.
Bethune's business activities were confined to the Central Life Insurance Company of Tampa, Florida, of which she was president for several years; the Afro-American Life Insurance Company of Jacksonville, which she served as director; and the Bethune-Volusia Beach Corporation, a recreation area and housing development she founded in In addition she wrote numerous magazine and newspaper articles and contributed chapters to several books.
In she founded and organized the National Council of Negro Women and became its president. By the organization had a membership of eight hundred thousand. Bethune also gained national recognition in , when President Franklin D.
Roosevelt — appointed her director of African American affairs in the National Youth Administration and a special adviser on minority affairs. She served for eight years and supervised the development of employment opportunities and recreational facilities for African American youth throughout the United States.
She also served as special assistant to the secretary of war during World War II — In the course of her government assignments she became a close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt — During her long career Bethune received many honorary received without fulfilling the usual requirements degrees and awards, including the Haitian Medal of Honor and Merit , the highest award of the Haitian government. She was buried on the campus of Bethune-Cookman College.
Bethune was introduced to the Roosevelts in and later supported their run for the Presidency. The close friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt was instrumental in gaining regular access to the President. Image from Library of Congress, The Black Cabinet worked on lynching legislation, attempts to ban poll taxes in the South, welfare, and they worked with New Deal agencies to create jobs for unemployed African Americans.
The cabinet also helped draft the presidential executive orders that ended exclusion of African Americans in armed forces and defense industries during World War II. The work of the cabinet ultimately laid the political foundation of what would become the modern civil rights movement. Launching the liberty ship: SS Booker T. Washington, She publicly argued for equal opportunity in defense-industry manufacturing and in the armed forces.
In a speech, she eloquently embodied the sentiment of equality:. She led war bond drives, blood donation drives, and encouraged African American women to staff the canteens that dotted the country. In the role as Special Assistant, she was responsible for helping establish a training school and recruiting Black women for army officer training.
Image from Tuskegee University Archives. As an advisor to the WAC and WAND, she successfully lobbied President Roosevelt to end segregation in veteran rehabilitation centers and frequently briefed the President on instances of violence against Black service members in the South. Bethune remained a close advisor to the President until his death. She immediately flew back to Washington and participated in a nation-wide radio broadcast celebrating President Roosevelt.
After the war, Bethune served as an associate consultant to the US delegation to help draft the United Nations charter. During the negotiations, she focused her efforts on the rights of people living in colonized countries around the world. She left the conference with a deep sense of disappointment, as she did not get the concessions of freedom, human rights, and self-determination that she so deeply desired.
Over the course of her life, she received 11 honorary degrees from Black and white colleges—including Rollins College, where she was the first African American to receive such an honor in the entire South.
Her legacy continued after her death in May Schools, public parks, and streets have been named in her honor. Her greatest legacy remains Bethune-Cookman University, one of the top 50 historically Black colleges and universities in the country. Yesterday our ancestors endured the degradation of slavery, yet they retained their dignity.
People in the government noticed Mary. Through this work, she met First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Eleanor and Mary believed it was possible to improve the status of women and people of color in America. Mary fought for integrated state advisory boards, better skills training for youth, and more Black staff and managers within the NYA. The NYA was the first federal agency to aid Black youth through educational and vocational training projects.
Mary was also part of a small group that advised President Roosevelt on policies relating to Black citizens. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.
Mary used her high-profile position in different ways to fight for racial equality and dignity. Closer to home, Mary participated in a picket line in Washington, D. She worked with A.
In that role, she advocated for Black women in the armed forces. Mary enjoyed collecting canes and often walked with one, although she had no physical need for it. She retired to Florida in the late s. In it, she emphasized the importance of love, hope, education, racial dignity, and support for future generations. Mary died on May 18, of a heart attack. In , a monument in her honor was unveiled to a crowd of 18, people.
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