Conversation with Mr. Albert Bethune, Dr. Cleo Higgins, and Mrs. Senorita Locklear on Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, September 14, 2006

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Collection:: Bethune-Cookman University Digital Collection
Title:: Conversation with Mr. Albert Bethune, Dr. Cleo Higgins, and Mrs. Senorita Locklear on Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, September 14, 2006
Creator:: Bethune-Cookman University
Date of Original:: 2006-09-14
Subject:: African American universities and colleges
College presidents
African American students
Interviews
Oral history
African American authors
Location:: United States, Florida, Volusia County, Panama Beach, 28.86832, -81.22778
Medium:: audiocassettes
Type:: Sound
Format:: audio/mp3
Description:: This audio recording features a conversation between Mr. Albert Bethune, Jr. (Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune's grandson), Dr. Cleo Higgins (the Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs), and Mrs. Senorita Locklear (Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune's secretary) at the Faculty Development Center on the campus of Bethune-Cookman College. This audio recording opens with the planning of a presentation on Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, followed by some of the challenges that Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune faced as a leader. Dr. Higgins speaks about Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune as a mother, grandmother, leader, and her icon. Mrs. Senorita Locklear speaks about her experience and admiration of Mary McLeod Bethune. Starting at 00:09:45, Dr. Higgins speaks aboout Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune's "lack of motherliness" due to following her calling. Starting at 00:21:10, Mrs. Locklear and Mr. Bethune share the original purpose of the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation and her archives at the Carl S. Swisher Library. Starting at 00:36:10, Mrs. Locklear speaks about Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune's refusal to participate in commencement and her image and name on campus in communities. Starting at 00:51:49, Dr. Higgins speaks about Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune's participation in the civil rights movement and her "Leave No One Behind" slogan. Discussed at 01:04:22, is Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune's last five years and her relationship with Bethune-Cookman College and communitiy members.
Metadata URL:: https://hbcudigitallibrary.auctr.edu/digital/collection/becu/id/309
IIIF manifest:: http://hbcudigitallibrary.auctr.edu/iiif/2/becu:309/manifest.json
Language:: eng
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Contributing Institution:: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance
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