Inside the 'Passionate Mind' of civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune
The cover of "A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit" and author Noliwe Rooks. (Courtesy)
The educator and civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune died in 1955. Had there been a Mount Rushmore of Black achievement, mourners said at the time, she would have been on it.
Bethune’s groundbreaking life is the subject of a new book, “A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune.” The book’s author and chair of Africana studies at Brown University Noliwe Rooks talks with host David Folkenflik.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
