Montgomery, Alabama Mayor Steven L. Reed champions education equity and HBCUs at UNCF event; praises Gary Mayor Eddie ...

Everyone from local archaeologist Samuel Butts Sr., to longtime educator and business owner Patricia Heard are honored.

Mary McLeod Bethune started a school in 1904 with $1.50 and five students. It is now Bethune-Cookman University.

In 1888, struck by the number of orphans she was continuing to find around Atlanta, she founded the Carrie Steele Orphans Home.

Bethune-Cookman University has opened a food bank, Mother Mary's Market, for students, faculty and staff in a building on the ...

Bethune-Cookman University celebrated the opening of a food pantry on the Daytona Beach campus on Feb. 3, 2025.

A former archivist at Mary McLeod Bethune’s home in Washington, DC, recounts how the experience led her to see Bethune as a ...

One of the most prideful activities I have experienced over time is learning Bethune-Cookman University’s history and the evolution of the journey, 1904 – to today. It’s a rich, remarkable ...

Bethune-Cookman University is an HBCU (Historically Black College and University ... also mentioned the schools and founder ...

After Bethune-Cookman University students urged five trustees to resign over a presidential search vote, Black community leaders called for unity.

Leonard Lempel, historian and educator, will present a program titled “The Stunning Ascent of Mary McLeod Bethune’s Daytona School 1904-1926” at 2 p.m. on Feb. 19, at the Ormond Beach Library ...

Mary McLeod Bethune, born to former slaves, she founded the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute which later became Bethune-Cookman College, now Bethune-Cookman University. Frederick Douglass, an ...