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From The Ebony Files - Brief Article - Obituary
Ebony, March, 2000
Mary McLeod Bethune, a revered educator and founder of Bethune-Cookman College and the National Council of Negro Women, was the first Black woman to receive a major U.S. government appointment when she was named director of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration on June 24, 1936. Additionally, she played a major role in directing attention to Black problems as an advisor to President Roosevelt's administration.
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Before Bethune died on May 18, 1955, at age 79, she had become the mentor and mother-figure for generations of Black male and female leaders.
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