A Rose by Any Other Name
Mary McLeod Bethune and the Black Velvet Rose
“ I never saw a garden so beautiful , roses of all colors . And in the midst of the garden I saw a great big Black Velvet Rose . I never saw a Black Velvet Rose before and I said to myself , ‘ Oh ! This is the great interracial garden ; this is the garden where we have people of all colors , all classes , all creeds .
People , every single one of them , getting their full chance to become the best they can become . This shall always be before me as a great Interracial Garden where men and women of all tongues , all nations , all creeds , all classes blend together helping to send out sunshine and love and peace and brotherhood that makes a better world in which to live .’”
— Dr . Mary McLeod Bethune
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