On October 3, 1904, an exceptional young Black woman, Mary McLeod Bethune, opened the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls—what would become Bethune-Cookman University—with $1.50, faith in God and five little girls, along with Dr. Bethune’s son, Albert.
Address
7645 State Rd 207, Elkton, FL 32033, USA, Elkton, FL 32033
Phone
(904) 692-2214Website
www.cookman.edu/