Here is another moment in Black History from WHBC
2-2-2-5 We are so Fly!!, we’ve heard it plenty of times on Howard University’s Campus. The chant used to describe the women who reside in the Bethune Annex, a dormitory here on the campus of Howard University. But how many of us actually know Ms. Bethune.
MARY McLeod BETHUNE IS THE FOUNDER AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE OF THE DAYTONA NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE FOR NEGRO GIRLS, NOW BETHUNE COOKMAN COLLEGE. SHE WAS A LEADER IN THE BLACK WOMEN’S CLUB MOMVENT AND A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN. BETHUNE WAS AWARDED WITH HAITI’S HIGHEST AWARD, THE HAITIAN MEDAL OF HONOR AND MERIT AND THE HONOR. IT IS AN HONOR TO BE A FORMER RESIDENT OF THE BETHUNE ANNEX. TO MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE WE TIP OUR HATS.
THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY ANNA-LYSA GAYLE FOR WHBC.