Alma Adams tweeted the following:
"Eventually, the school in Daytona Beach merged with a school for boys and became a college bearing Bethunes name. In 2007, the institution adopted the name it is known by now: BethuneCookman University."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Alma Adams:
"She was an advisor to President Franklin Roosevelt and a good friend to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and Bethune used that friendship and influence to advance the cause of African Americans. She founded numerous organizations for the welfare of Black America, including @UNCF."Read on Twitter
"Bethune was born in South Carolina in 1875, and educated at Barber-Scotia College in Concord, NC, but first came to prominence in Florida when she started a school for Black girls. Known as "The First Lady of The Struggle," she was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement."Read on Twitter
"On this day in 2018, the Florida House of Representatives approved a bill adding a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune to the statuary hall in the United States Capitol, replacing a statue of a Confederate general.#BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack"Read on Twitter
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