Mary McLeod Bethune

1875–1955 Let her works praise her.

I leave you love. • I leave you hope. • I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. • I leave you a thirst for education. • I leave you a respect for the use of power. • I leave you faith. • I leave you racial dignity. • I leave you also a desire to live harmoniously with your fellow man. • I leave you finally a responsibility to our young people.

—Mary McLeod Bethune.

Marker is on East Capitol Street near 13th Street, N.E..

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