Shows
Eyes Wide Open: The life and legacy Mary McLeod BethuneFirst in Flight: The Story of the Tuskegee AirmanThis is the 7th episode in a podcast that examines the life and legacy of the great educator and civil rights leader Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. In First in Flight: The Story of the Tuskegee Airman, host Dr. Randolph Bracy Jr. talks about Mary's instrumental role in helping to integreate our nation's military in the critical years leading up to to World War II in the 1930s and early 1940s. Mary leveraged her relationship with First Lady Elenor Roosevelt to lobby for the creation of the Army Air Corp, which helped pave the way for first military aviator group in...2022-12-0211 min
Eyes Wide Open: The life and legacy Mary McLeod BethuneThe MergerThis is the fourth episode in a series exploring the life and legacy of the great civil rights leader and educator, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. In "The Merger", host Dr. Randolph Bracy Jr. discusses how Mary's burgeoning school for girls combines efforts with the Methodist church and another all-boys school, paving the way for it's future.2022-08-1709 min
Eyes Wide Open: The life and legacy Mary McLeod BethuneHumble BeginningsThis is the first in a series of podcasts outlining the life journey of the great educator and civil rights leader, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. Dr. Randolph Bracy Jr., describes the rough and primitive conditions Mary was born into in Maysville, South Carolina, only 10 years after the abolishment of slavery. She overcomes many obstacles, including the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, to eventually make her way to Daytona Beach, the city her school would be founded in in 1904.2022-07-0722 min