Bethune
Americannoun
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One February afternoon I told my social-studies teacher that King wasn’t a real hero—that he was weak—and that Black History Month should focus on someone else, like Mary McLeod Bethune.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
“As the spending stream starts to diminish, you could have more rocks exposed, and the more likely you’ll get episodic bankruptcies,” Bethune said.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 22, 2025
Later at Mary McCloud Bethune Junior High, he fell in with a group of kids who included Raymond Washington, who went on to form the Crips with Stanley “Tookie” Williams, another South L.A. native.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2025
He also expanded his burgeoning watch collection, reportedly buying pieces by Patek Philippe, Jaeger-LeCoultre, De Bethune and F.P.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2024
Ms. Bethune saw Fadi enter, and she froze.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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