• Council House Front Door

    Mary McLeod Bethune Council House

    National Historic Site DC

Photos & Multimedia

I Carried the Torch of Leadership: The Legacy of the National Council of Negro Women is a photo gallery featuring NCNW Presidents Mary McLeod Bethune, Dorothy Ferebee, Vivian Carter Mason, and Dorothy Irene Height.

 

In the Virtual Tour section you will find Apple Quicktime QTVR virtual reality movies of the Parlor and the Mary McLeod Bethune Bedroom in the Council House.

In the Multimedia Presentations section, you will find audio of a speech given by Mary McLeod Bethune in 1955 as well as our April 2010 tribute video to Dr. Dorothy I. Height.

Did You Know?

The Bethune-Cookman College Logo and Wildcat Mascot

In 1904, Mary McLeod Bethune opened a small school in Daytona Beach, Florida, with five girls and one dollar and fifty cents. That school developed into Bethune-Cookman University. Today, the university has over 3,060 students enrolled. More...