Brown v. Board of Education at 70: The work to dismantle segregation continues csmonitor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from csmonitor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Charles Henry Turner’s research on animal behavior remains relevant a century after his death, yet his name is largely absent from textbooks and history books.
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Mary McLeod Bethune was an American activist, humanitarian, and above all an educator. Born on July 10, 1875 in South Carolina, Mary was the fifteenth of seventeen children. Her parents, Samuel and Patsy McLeod, were formerly enslaved, and most of her siblings had been born into slavery. As a child, she worked hard with her parents and siblings on their own farm. Her passion for education started at a young age when the granddaughter of her mother’s former owner snatched a book away from Mary, shaming her for not being able to read.