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ERIC Number: EJ307620
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Bethune: Collaborators for Racial Justice.
Bickerstaff, Joyce; Rich, Wilbur C.
Social Education, v48 n7 p532-35 Nov-Dec 1984
Eleanor Roosevelt broke the rules of race relations when she became friends with a leading Black woman, Mary McLeod Bethune, founder and president of Bethune-Cookman College. Without the mentorship of Mary Bethune, Mrs. Roosevelt may not have understood the southern mentality, White or Black. (RM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Friendship, Justice, Political Influences, Political Socialization, Racial Discrimination, Racial Relations, Resource Materials, United States History, Womens Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Bethune (Mary McLeod); Roosevelt (Eleanor)