Mary McLeod Bethune Historical Markers
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.
By Mark Hilton, November 16, 2016
The rebuilt Tuskegee Chapel.
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
1► Alabama (Macon County), Tuskegee Institute — Tuskegee Chapel Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —  |
| 2► District of Columbia (Washington), Barney Circle — Seafarers Yacht Club African American Heritage Trail, Washington, DC 1950 M Street, SE — |
| 3► District of Columbia (Washington), Capitol Hill — Mary McLeod Bethune — |
| 4► District of Columbia (Washington), LeDroit Park — 4 — Government Girls Worthy Ambition LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail — |
| 5► District of Columbia (Washington), Logan Circle — A Neighborhood Reborn Logan Circle, National Mall & Memorial Parks National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior — |
| 6► District of Columbia (Washington), Logan Circle — Bethune Museum-Archives National Historic Site Designated October 15, 1982 by Act of Congress — |
| 7► District of Columbia (Washington), Logan Circle — 11 — Striving for Equality A Fitting Tribute Logan Circle Heritage Trail — |
| 8► District of Columbia (Washington), Penn Quarter — National Council of Negro Women African American Heritage Trail, Washington, DC 633 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW — |
| 9► District of Columbia (Washington), Shaw — Shaw Historic Bike Tour / Past Activists Make Way For Future Greatness — |
| 10► District of Columbia (Washington), Southwest Waterfront — Dr. Dorothy Height — |
| 11► District of Columbia (Washington), U Street Corridor — 14 — Riots to Renaissance City Within a City Greater U Street Heritage Trail — |
| 12► Florida (Palm Beach County), West Palm Beach — F-450 — Hurricane of 1928 Mass Burial Site — |
| 13► Florida (Volusia County), Bethune Beach — F-940 — Bethune-Volusia Beach — |
| 14► Florida (Volusia County), Daytona Beach — F-1046 — Historic Childhood Home of Dr. Howard Thurman — |
| 15► Florida (Volusia County), Daytona Beach — Mary McLeod Bethune Jackie Robinson Ballpark & Museum — |
| 16► Florida (Volusia County), New Smyrna Beach — Bethune Beach Swimming Freely — |
| 17► Louisiana (Orleans Parish), New Orleans — Fannie C. Williams / Valena C. Jones Elementary School — |
| 18► South Carolina (Sumter County), Mayesville — 43-16 — Birthplace of Mary McLeod Bethune — |
| 19► Virginia, Richmond — Coburn Hall Virginia Union University — |
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