Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site preserves the house of Mary McLeod Bethune, located in Northwest Washington, D.C., at 1318 Vermont Avenue NW.
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Mary McLeod Bethune
American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist.
Honors include designation of her home in Daytona Beach as a National Historic Landmark, her house in Washington, D.C. as a National Historic Site, and the installation of a memorial sculpture of her in Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C. The 17 ft bronze statue, unveiled in 1974, “is the first monument to honor an African American and a woman in a public park in Washington, D.C." The Legislature of Florida designated her in 2018 as the subject of one of Florida's two statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection.
Logan Circle (Washington, D.C.)
Traffic circle park, neighborhood, and historic district in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The primarily residential neighborhood includes two historic districts, properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and sites designated D.C. Historic Landmarks.
The former home of Mary McLeod Bethune, an African American educator, author, and civil rights leader who founded the National Council of Negro Women, is located at 1318 Vermont Avenue NW, one block south of the circle.
National Archives for Black Women's History
Archive located at 3300 Hubbard Rd, Landover, Maryland.
Originally housed at 1318 Vermont Avenue, Washington, D.C. in the carriage house of the former home of Mary McLeod Bethune, which is now a National Historic Site, the archive was controversially moved in 2014 by the National Park Service citing concerns over the inadequacy of the original site for preservation of its collection.
Bettye Collier-Thomas
Scholar of African-American women's history.
In 1982, the BMA was designated a National Historic Site and its name changed to the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site.
Outline of Washington, D.C.
Provided as an overview of and topical guide to District of Columbia:
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
List of African-American historic places in the District of Columbia
Based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
Guy McElroy
African American art historian and curator.
Four years later, he served as Curator of the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, later being promoted to assistant director from 1982 to 1988.
African-American Heritage Sites
The National Park System preserves the history and contributions of African Americans as part of the nation's history.
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site at 1538 9th Street NW, in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., preserves the home of Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950).
It is operated in conjunction with the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site.
Sue Bailey Thurman
American author, lecturer, historian and civil rights activist.
They opened the first facility of the library at what is now the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site.