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The lasting legacy of Dr. Mary McCleod Bethune | New Pittsburgh Courier

Aleesia Johnson, Ed.D. by Aleesia Johnson, Ed.D. “If it were not for Black women, Black people would not have been educated in this country.”- Dr. Sharon Contreras, Superintendent, Guilford County Schools On a Friday morning in June, 13 Black women who serve as school superintendents across the United States gathered in front of a monument. … Continued

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