A biography of the Baptist ministerfrom Georgia who led a non-violent crusade against racial segregation which resulted in new awareness among Americans of all colors of the principles of which their nation was founded.

Mary McLeod Bethune

by Patricia C. McKissack

Published 1 November 1985
Recounts the life of the black educator, from her childhood in the cotton fields of South Carolina to her success as teacher, crusader, and presidential adviser.