Abel Bartley News Today

The metal tanks, which historians said were also used for baptisms, were some of the few options for Black Americans in Jacksonville during segregation.

In her 79 years, Mary McLeod Bethune packed in a long list of accomplishments that improved the lives of Black people, especially in Daytona Beach.

Just two years ago Bethune-Cookman University was in such deep financial trouble it was in danger of closing. But the school survived and is carrying on.

In her 79 years, Mary McLeod Bethune packed in a long list of accomplishments. In May, a marble statue of her will be placed in the U.S. Capitol.

In her 79 years, Mary McLeod Bethune packed in a long list of accomplishments. In May, a marble statue of her will be placed in the U.S. Capitol.

In her 79 years, Mary McLeod Bethune packed in a long list of accomplishments. In May, a marble statue of her will be placed in the U.S. Capitol.

Just two years ago, the historically Black college was in such deep financial trouble it was in danger of closing. But the school has survived.

In her 79 years, Mary McLeod Bethune packed in a long list of accomplishments. In May, a marble statue of her will be placed in the U.S. Capitol.

In her 79 years, Mary McLeod Bethune packed in a long list of accomplishments. In May, a marble statue of her will be placed in the U.S. Capitol.

Sixty years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s I have a dream speech, much progress has been made, but much more needs to be done.