black American represented in the National Statuary Hall Collection. Schools named for Mary M. Bethune California Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School, Los Angeles, California Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School Moreno Valley, California Florida Bethune Academy, formally known as Bethune Elementary – Haines City, Florida Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, Florida Mary M. Bethune Elementary School, Hollywood, Florida Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School, Riviera Beach, Florida Georgia Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School, Decatur, Georgia Louisiana Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School, New Orleans, Louisiana Mary M. Bethune High School, Norco, Louisiana (closed when schools integrated) Michigan Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary-Middle School, Detroit, Michigan Minnesota Mary McLeod Bethune Community School, Minneapolis, Minnesota Missouri Mary Bethune School for Black Children, Weston, Missouri Mississippi Mary Bethune Alternative School, Hattiesburg, Mississippi New York Mary McLeod Bethune School No. 45, Rochester, New York Ohio Mary McLeod Bethune K-8, Cleveland, Ohio Pennsylvania Mary McLeod Bethune School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania South Carolina Bethune Bowman Middle High School, Rowesville, South Carolina Texas Bethune Academy (now merged with Anderson Academy), Houston, Texas Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School Dallas, Texas Virginia Mary M. Bethune High School, Halifax, Virginia (converted into an office complex for the local government following integration) See also African-American history African-American literature List of African-American writers List of people on stamps of the United States References Further reading External links Bethune-Cookman University National Council of Negro Women Bethune's home as a historical landmark in Daytona The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House: African American Women Unite for Change, a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan Biography and Bethune's impact on Volusia County (Daytona Beach), Florida Mary McLeod Bethune with a Line of Girls from the School from the World Digital Library "A Passion for Social Equality: Mary McLeod Bethune's Race Woman Leadership and the New Deal," a political biography Mary McLeod Bethune, the NCNW, and the Prewar Push for Equal Opportunity in Defense Projects Thomas, Rhondda R. & Ashton, Susanna, eds. (2014). The South Carolina Roots of African American Thought. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. "Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (1875–1955)," p. 163–167. Uniforms at A History of Central Florida Podcast Mary McLeod Bethune Biography, Biography.com, February 25, 2015 Encyclopedia of Race and Racism Michals, Debra. "Mary McLeod Bethune". National Women's History Museum. 2015. Part of her life is retold in the radio drama "One out of Seventeen", a presentation from Destination Freedom 1875 births 1955