Mary McLeod Bethune the Pan-Africanist

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Preston examines the pan-Africanism of Mary McLeod Bethune through her work, which internationalized the scope of Black women's organizations to create solidarity among Africans throughout the diaspora. Broadening the familiar view of Bethune as an advocate for racial and gender equality within...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Preston, Ashley Robertson (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2023]
Subjects:
Bethune, Mary McLeod, > 1875-1955.
Bethune, Mary McLeod, > 1875-1955
1900-1999
African American women teachers > United States > 20th century > Biography.
African American philanthropists > United States > 20th century > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > 20th century > Biography.
Pan-Africanism.
Pan-Africanism
African American philanthropists
African American women teachers
Civil rights workers
United States
Biographies
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Honoring the Africa within her
  • Southern roots and evolving African identity in Bethune's early life
  • Global citizenship and the influence of the Black clubwomen's movement
  • The founding and internationalizing of the National Council of Negro Women
  • World War II and the challenge of decolonization
  • National Council of Negro Women's postwar leadership abroad
  • Bethune advances her global agenda beyond retirement
  • The legacy continues.

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