Forces for Change: Mary McLeod Bethune and Black Women’s Activism
Founded in 1935, the National Council of Negro Women gained political recognition for African American women, established a national agenda for social justice issues, and helped lay the foundation for the modern Civil Rights Movement.
July 19, 2024 – Ongoing
National Museum of African American History and Culture
1400 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
3rd Floor, "Making a Way Out of No Way" Exhibition, Community Galleries
Forces for Change: Mary McLeod Bethune and Black Women's Activism explores renowned educator and reformer Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955) and other Black women social change agents, past and present.
Featuring 75 images, 35 artifacts, a multimedia film, an interactive engagement, and an eight-foot-tall plaster sculpture of Mary McLeod Bethune, this gallery illuminates connections across time to Black women changemakers who continue Mary McLeod Bethune's social justice legacy.