Sunday, June 24, 2012

June 24, 1936 -- Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Named Director of African-American Affairs of the National Youth Administration


Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.

Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.


There is a place in God's sun for the youth "farthest down" who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it.


Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.


If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander.

Cease to be a drudge, seek to be an artist.



Today, we celebrate the life of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, co-founder and President of Bethune-Cookman College, and the first African-American woman to receive a major appointment from the federal government under the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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