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Mary McLeod Bethune Receives an Honorary Degree from Rollins, 1949

Hamilton Holt awarding Mary McLeod Bethune, President Emerita of Bethune-Cookman College, with an honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities.This is the first honorary degree given to an African American by an institution of higher education in the South.

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Mary McLeod Bethune Receives an Honorary Degree from Rollins, 1949