Primary+Sources

Former Slave Narratives (1932-1975) []

Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise" Speech []

Photographs of Mary McLeod Bethune, her school, and her home life []

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) []

Mary McLeod Bethune’s recipes (also see recipe below links) []

Interview with Mary McLeod Bethune, including actual images of the transcripts []

Interviews discussing Mary McLeod Bethune [] [] [] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Southern U.S. African-American Music Recordings (1938-1943) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Here are some links with primary sources related to Native American oppression (see timeline for context in relation to Mary McLeod Bethune's time): <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Photographs of Indian boarding schools: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">[]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Society of American Indians: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">[] <span style="color: #1e1d1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">1 c. margarine or butter, softened <span style="color: #1e1d1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">1/2 c. sugar <span style="color: #1e1d1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">1/2 c. firmly packed brown sugar <span style="color: #1e1d1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">1/2 tsp. salt <span style="color: #1e1d1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg <span style="color: #1e1d1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">9 medium sweet potatoes or yams, baked, peeled, and mashed <span style="color: #1e1d1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">3 eggs, beaten <span style="color: #1e1d1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">2 c. milk <span style="color: #1e1d1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">1 T. vanilla <span style="color: #1e1d1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">2 unbaked 9-inch pastry shells
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">** Mary McLeod Bethune's Sweet Potato Pie ** <span style="color: #1e1d1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">In 1904, the founder of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Mary McLeod Bethune, used this recipe to make the sweet potato pies that she sold to keep her Florida girls' school open. The recipe appears in Celebrating Our Mothers' Kitchens by the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (Tradery House, an imprint of the Wimmer Companies, Inc., 1994).

<span style="color: #1e1d1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Combine margarine, sugars, salt, and nutmeg in a large mixing bowl; beat with an electric mixer at medium speed until creamy. Add sweet potatoes, and beat until smooth. Add eggs, beat until blended. Gradually add milk and vanilla, beating well. <span style="color: #1e1d1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Pour filling into pastry shells, dividing amount evenly. Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until set. Cool completely on wire racks. <span style="color: #1e1d1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Note: Mary McLeod Bethune made three pies with this recipe instead of two. We divided the mixture between two unbaked pastry shells for thicker pies. <span class="elementaryartcopy" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.32px;">Source: [|http://www.texashighways.com/index.php/component/content/article/62-desserts/2996-mary-mcleod-bethunes-sweet-potato-pie] ||