Challenge
Write about a person, place, or thing related to Black History. Dead or alive. Real or imagined. Offensive or uplifting. Make the reader feel deeply about the Black experience in America, even if you are not Black. The winner will receive $50 cash money from me, and be featured on my social media platforms.
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My great great great aunt, Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary McLeod Bethune was an important, yet overshadowed, civil rights activist. She is most famous for setting up schools for African American in Daytona Beach Florida. Afterwards, her school merged with cookman university to become Bethune-Cookman University. Mary McLeod Bethune was also an advisor for FDR himself. When I first found out that I was related to such an incredible figure, I was, and am, extremely proud. I truly hope that everyone tries to learn much more about her. I gave you just a taste of her magnificent cuisine.