Markers related to this American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. She was the founder and first president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as well as an advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration.
. . . I always make it a rule to read a chapter [in the Bible] or a portion of a chapter in the morning, before beginning the work of the day.
—Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery
The chapel, designed by Paul . . . — — Map (db m100162) HM
On 3rd Street Northwest at U Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north on 3rd Street Northwest.
To your right is Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall, a Howard University dormitory. It opened in 1942 as U.S. government housing for African American women who came to DC to take new war-related jobs or fill in for men who left to join the military during . . . — — Map (db m130836) HM
Near Logan Circle Northwest at Rhode Island Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
The Logan Circle Historic District has a rich history of change. A fashionable, exclusive neighborhood had evolved by the 1870s – home to members of Congress, such as Senator John Logan of Illinois. By the turn of the 20th century, Iowa – later . . . — — Map (db m63401) HM
On Vermont Avenue Northwest at O Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Vermont Avenue Northwest.
Born on July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, South Carolina, Mary McLeod Bethune was the daughter of sharecroppers. After attending Scotia Seminary in North Carolina she founded Daytona School for Negro Girls which became Bethune-Cookman College. A . . . — — Map (db m17502) HM
On Vermont Avenue Northwest south of O Street Northwest when traveling north.
This building was the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women from 1943 to 1966. Political activist and educator Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) founded NCNW in 1935 in her nearby apartment. She moved the organization here eight . . . — — Map (db m130856) HM
On Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest at 7th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east on Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest.
The National Council of Negro Women was founded in 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) to "harness the power and extend the leadership of African American women." Early on, the Council campaigned to outlaw the discriminatory poll tax, develop a . . . — — Map (db m30059) HM
On R Street Northwest just east of 6th Street Northwest (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling west.
Shaw Historic Bike Tour
Asbury Dwellings
Howard Theatre
Industrial Bank of Washington
True Reformer
Lincoln Theatre
Whitelaw Hotel
Thurgood Marshall Center
Sweet Daddy Grace
Mary McLeoud Bethune
Carter G. Woodson
Blanche . . . — — Map (db m150840) HM
On U Street Northwest at 14th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on U Street Northwest.
The corner of 14th and U Streets has been a city crossroads, a neighborhood gathering place, and a stage set for events that have shaken the city and the nation.
For city residents, it was the transfer place for crosstown streetcars and . . . — — Map (db m130793) HM
On M Street Southeast east of Water Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
The Seafarers Yacht Club is the oldest African American boat club on the East Coast. It was founded in 1945 by Lewis T. Green, Sr., a vocational arts teacher in the DC Public Schools who built boats as a hobby. Needing a dock, he contacted the . . . — — Map (db m89445) HM
On East Capitol Street Northeast west of 13th Street Northeast, on the left when traveling west.
I leave you love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. I leave you a thirst for education. I leave you a respect for the use of power. I leave you faith. I leave you racial dignity. I . . . — — Map (db m5505) HM
On 7th Street Southwest south of G Street Southwest, on the left when traveling south.
Dr. Dorothy Height worked to advance women's, civil, and human rights with many of our nation's leaders. How many can you recognize?
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Dr. Dorothy Height
Has lived at 700 7th Street, SW since 1983. As President Emmerita . . . — — Map (db m112797) HM
Near Freedom Avenue 0.3 miles south of Parker Street, on the left when traveling south.
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (July 10, 1875-May 18, 1955), Mary McLeod Bethune rose from poverty to become one of the nation’s most distinguished African leaders and the most prominent Black woman of her time. Her life encompassed three different . . . — — Map (db m179783) HM
On North Tamarind Avenue at 25th Street, on the left when traveling north on North Tamarind Avenue.
On September 16, 1928, a hurricane came ashore near the Jupiter lighthouse and traveled west across Palm Beach County to Lake Okeechobee. This deadly hurricane destroyed hundreds of buildings and left millions of dollars in property damage. Many of . . . — — Map (db m114693) HM
On South Atlantic Avenue (County Road A1A) 0.1 miles south of Kingfish Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
When Daytona Beach was founded in 1876 two of its founders, John Tolliver and Thaddeus S. Gooden, were African American. Over the years, Jim Crow laws changed the state drastically, and by the 1920s, African Americans were banned from most of . . . — — Map (db m136030) HM
On Whitehall Street 0.1 miles south of Cedar Street, on the left when traveling north.
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Born in West Palm Beach in 1899, Dr. Howard Washington Thurman spent much of his childhood in this house. Built circa 1888, the house was owned by Nancy Ambrose, Thurman's maternal grandmother, a former slave whose faith influenced . . . — — Map (db m146213) HM
Near East Orange Avenue 0.1 miles east of South Beach Street, on the left when traveling east.
Just as carefully as Branch Rickey chose Jackie Robinson, he chose Daytona Beach as the site for his "noble experiment.” Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of Bethune-Cookman College was born July 10, 1875, in Maysville, South Carolina. She was . . . — — Map (db m106464) HM
On Dr Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard at Pearl Street, on the right when traveling north on Dr Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard.
Recognizing health disparities and lack of medical treatment available to the Black community, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune founded the Mary Mcleod Hospital and Training School for Nurses. In 1916, she asked a fellow South Carolinian and Scotia Seminary . . . — — Map (db m311319) HM
On South Atlantic Avenue 0.1 miles south of Kingfish Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Welcome to Volusia County's Mary McLeod Bethune Beach Park—once part of a nationally known African-American resort. Named for a noted educator and presidential advisor, this spot gave black people a place of their own when most Florida beaches . . . — — Map (db m131762) HM
On North Miro Street at Anette Street, on the left when traveling east on North Miro Street.
Fannie C Williams Pioneer in Public EducationAs one of New Orleans' premier educators in the first half of the twentieth century, Fannie C. Williams steered this school through decades of challenge and change. An active civic leader, she was . . . — — Map (db m115964) HM
On Florence Highway (U.S. 76) at South Lafayette Street (South Carolina Highway 154), on the left when traveling east on Florence Highway.
This noted humanitarian and educator was born five miles north of Mayesville, S.C., on July 10, 1875. She was one of the first pupils of the Mayesville Mission School, located fifty yards west of this marker, where she later served as a teacher. . . . — — Map (db m27402) HM
Coburn Hall was constructed in 1899 and named for Maine governor Abner Coburn. It held Virginia Union’s original chapel and library collection. Many legendary pastors and scholars preached and lectured in Coburn Hall, including Dr. Martin Luther . . . — — Map (db m108984) HM
On Scotts Run Road (County Road 19/25) at Number Three Hill Road (County Road 19/26), on the right when traveling south on Scotts Run Road.
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited Scott's Run in 1933 in the height of the Great Depression when FDR was creating the New Deal. She visited households without fanfare (including Lou Birurakis' mother) and even went into the mines. Upon seeing the . . . — — Map (db m176173) HM
