July 10, 1875
| Mary McLeod Bethune |
Once upon a time a baby was born in the hot summer of July
In 1875 on day 10 she arrived with a fighting spirit in her eye
She would “Dream the Unstoppable”!
She grew up so smart and brave
Her family taught her how to think free and not as a slave
With only $16.00 she opened her school
In sunny Florida right in Daytona Beach...how cool!
"I CAN DO anything even when others are afraid
I will not quit until history is made!”
Who am I?
In 1875 on day 10 she arrived with a fighting spirit in her eye
She would “Dream the Unstoppable”!
She grew up so smart and brave
Her family taught her how to think free and not as a slave
With only $16.00 she opened her school
In sunny Florida right in Daytona Beach...how cool!
"I CAN DO anything even when others are afraid
I will not quit until history is made!”
Who am I?
Dream the Unstoppable
Dream the Unstoppable
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TEACHER HERO:
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE by Audrey from Mount Joy
"For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart.
They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a
chance to prove his worth."
Mary McLeod Bethune was the fifteenth child born out of seventeen. Also she
was first to be born free. She was born in 1875 in Mayesville, South Carolina,
twelve years after the Emancipation Proclamation announced the end of
slavery. Mary was the first of her family to attend school. That first day, her
teacher, Miss Wilson, opened the Bible to John 3:16 and read: "For God so
loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." With those
words, Mary recalled, "the scales fell from my eyes, and the light came
flooding in. My sense of inferiority, my fear of handicaps, dropped away.
Whosoever, it said. No Jew nor Gentile, no Catholic nor Protestant, no black
or white; just 'whoever.' It meant that I, a humble Negro girl, had just as much
chance as anybody in the sight and love of God. Those words stored up a
battery of faith and confidence and determination in my heart, which has not
failed me to this day..."
SOURCE: MY HERO.COM
TEACHER HERO:
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE by Audrey from Mount Joy
"For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart.
They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a
chance to prove his worth."
Mary McLeod Bethune was the fifteenth child born out of seventeen. Also she
was first to be born free. She was born in 1875 in Mayesville, South Carolina,
twelve years after the Emancipation Proclamation announced the end of
slavery. Mary was the first of her family to attend school. That first day, her
teacher, Miss Wilson, opened the Bible to John 3:16 and read: "For God so
loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." With those
words, Mary recalled, "the scales fell from my eyes, and the light came
flooding in. My sense of inferiority, my fear of handicaps, dropped away.
Whosoever, it said. No Jew nor Gentile, no Catholic nor Protestant, no black
or white; just 'whoever.' It meant that I, a humble Negro girl, had just as much
chance as anybody in the sight and love of God. Those words stored up a
battery of faith and confidence and determination in my heart, which has not
failed me to this day..."
SOURCE: MY HERO.COM
Written by: Joan E. Gosier, CEO of HBCU kidz, Inc
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