Updated: 10:53 AM EST Feb 25, 2021 Many have heard the name Mary McLeod Bethune, but do not know the woman and her story. Born in Mayesville, South Carolina, in 1875, Mary McLeod Bethune came to Central Florida just before the turn of the century. Determined to give an education to Black women, in 1904, with just $1.50 to her name, Mary McLeod Bethune started The Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls. Today, the small house which bore her school sits on the edge of her university: Bethune-Cookman University.While growing her educational institution, Dr. Bethune became a presence on the national stage. She was a counselor to several presidents. She was the founder of the National Council of Negro Women. She was the co-creator of the iconic United Negro College Fund 144, and she just happened to start a great university, said Dr. LaBrent Chrite, the current president of BC-U. Becoming close friends with Eleanor and President Franklin Roosevelt, in 1933
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Kim’s Korner: Black History Month
An activity making paper quilt pieces honoring those who have had an impact on Black History.
The month of February is a busy one and I didn’t want to forget one of the most important parts of February, Black History Month. It is important to teach our children about diversity and the important people in Black History that opened up things for the black community, so they can see positive things about the black community instead of all the negative things they have been seeing over the past year.
At the beginning of my search, I went to National Geographic Kids and found what I thought was a good beginning because it has how Black History Month started, what it honors, and Black History Month today. If you stay on their site they have links to African Amerian Heroes and African American Pioneers of Science.
Martha s Vineyard and Provincetown virtual game nights: 7-10 p.m. Free. Check www.eventbrite.com.
The Anne Hutchinson Tour of Provincetown: various times, Bas Relief Park, 106 Bradford St., Provincetown. $15. https://www.eventbrite.com
Friday, Feb. 19
Online Yoga for Wise Warriors! With Lees Yunit: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Feb. 19, presented online via Zoom by the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. $15-$75. 508-394-7100, aneill@cultural-center.org, cultural-center.org.
Free toy glider for visits to Massachusetts Air & Space Museum: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 19-20 and 25, 790 Iyannough Road, Barnstable. Free-$8. 508-827-6300, massairspace.org. Museum celebrating one-year anniversary and noting Paul K. Guillow manufacturing balsa-wood airplanes 95 years ago in Wakefield, a year before Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic Ocean.