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Sign up Log in. Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. Metropolitan Museum Cleveland Museum of Art. Internet Arcade Console Living Room. Open Library American Libraries. Search the Wayback Machine Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. Sign up for free Log in. Mary McLeod Bethune was the fifteenth child of hard-work- ing and God-fearing parents. She was the first of their children to be born free.
Her ancestry was wholly of African origin, a point of pride throughout her life. Bethune worked untiringly to restore — through education — her people's faith in the magnificent herit- age that is rightfully theirs. During the many years of trial and tribulation, she refused to give up her fondest dream — her own school for Negro children. And, as a shining monument to her hard work and faith, she has given to Negro youth the thriving institution of Bethune- Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida.
