What role did Mary McLeod Bethune play in South Carolina and in other states?
Mary McLeod Bethune started the first African American owned and staffed
textile mill in South Carolina.
Mary McLeod Bethune was a leader of the Southern Literary Renaissance and
added many works to its collection.
Bethune organized the Civilian Conservation Corps in South Carolina to provide
jobs to unemployed men.
Bethune established the Daytona Normal and Industrial School for girls, using
education to fight racial inequality.
