{"product_id":"mary-mcleod-bethune-emma-gelders-sterne-9781948959667","title":"Mary McLeod Bethune","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere's the inspiring and true story of a young girl who was determined to read, and who went on to become a teacher, the founder of a college, an advisor to politicians, and a great humanitarian. Mary McLeod Bethune was the fifteenth child of hard-working parents, whose ancestry was one hundred percent African. She was their first child who was born free after the civil war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMrs. Bethune worked tirelessly to build up, through education, the magnificent heritage that Black people share. During her hardest years, she refused to give up on her dream of starting her own school for Black children. It eventually became Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida. Mrs. Bethune, born a few years after the Emancipation Proclamation, lived to see the historic Supreme Court decision on public school desegregation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emma Gelders Sterne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948959666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948959667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Purple House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Emma Gelders Sterne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996654338303,"sku":"9781948959667","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_733ce21f-8da4-4b5b-a357-6744057a629f.jpg?v=1683342923","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mary-mcleod-bethune-emma-gelders-sterne-9781948959667","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}