Today we offer a quote from esteemed educator, civil rights activist and founder of Bethune-Cookman University Mary McLeod Bethune that speaks to her formidable and pro-active spirit. To learn more about South Carolina native Bethune, read Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a Better World, Essays and Selected Documents, Mary McLeod Bethune in Florida: Bringing Social Justice to the Sunshine State and Mary McLeod Bethune: Her Life and Legacy

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