Bessye J. Bearden papers, 1922-1944.
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National Council of Negro Women
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The National Council of Negro Women (NANW) was founded December 5, 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune. It grew out of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). Bethune was an educator and the daughter of former slaves. She branched off the ideas of the NACW and began the start of the NCNW to help African American women and their families. Women on the council fought more towards political and economic successes of black women to uplift them in society. NCNW fulfills this mission through researc...
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Bearden, Bessye J., 1891-1943.
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Civic leader. Bessye J. Bearden was born in Atlantic City, N.J. and received her education at local schools in North Carolina. She later attended Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute and Columbia University. Bearden married R. Howard Bearden and had one child, Romare, the internationally renowned artist. From 1927 Bearden served as the New York representative for the "Chicago Defender;" she also freelanced as a writer for other publications. In 1935 she w...
Urban League of Greater New York
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