Mary McLeod Bethune in Washington, D.C.
Subtitle: activism and education in Logan Circle
By: Dr. Ida E. Jones
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781626190061
Subjects: Homes and haunts; African American women educators; Biography; African American educators; African American women political activists; African American women; Social conditions; African Americans; Education; History; Civil rights; Race relations
Other titles: Mary McLeod Bethune in Washington, DC
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Dr. Elizabeth Clark-Lewis; title: 1. Mary Jane McLeod; title: Give Them a Chance : The Daytona Industrial School; title: Leading the National Association of Colored Women; title: An Act of Kindness, A Lifelong Friendship; title: 2. Becoming a Washington Resident; title: President Roosevelt Calls : National Youth Administration; title: Showcasing Negro Women : NCNW at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW; title: Publishing and Preserving Negro Women's History; title: 3. In the House; title: Celebrating All Womankind : The Honor Roll; title: All the World's Welcome : International Visitors; title: We Serve America, Keep Your Job, Young Women & Employment; title: 4. For the House; title: Home Runs, Brotherly Love and Bethune Benefit Games; title: Sing a Song Full of Hope : Concerts for Civil and Human Rights; title: Jim Crow Sends Stork to DC Street : Committee on Sibley Hospital; title: Beauty, Health and Delta Sigma Theta; title: 5. Stepping Aside : Bidding Washington Adieu; title: The Magnificent Dreamer Retires; title: Dr. Dorothy Ferebee Installed as President; title: Washington in the Rearview; title: Appendix: Bethune's Washington Timeline, 1936-1949.