The UNC Charlotte Collegiate Section of
The National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends. - Mary McLeod Bethune, Founder
Celebrating 87 Years of Leading, Developing, & Advocating!
December 5th, 1935
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Mary McLeod Bethune:
An extraordinary educator, civil rights leader, and government official who founded the National Council of Negro Women and Bethune-Cookman College.
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Extraordinary educator and political leader Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) founded NCNW in 1935 as an “organization of organizations” to represent national and international concerns of Black women. NCNW fought for jobs, the right to vote, and anti-lynching legislation. It gave Black women the opportunity to realize their goals for social justice and human rights through united, constructive action.
Dr. Dorothy I. Height:
For nearly half a century, Dorothy Irene Height has given leadership to the struggle for equality and human rights for all people. Her life exemplifies her passionate commitment to a just society and her vision of a better world. In 1957, Height was elected fourth National President of NCNW and served until 1998 when she became Chair and President Emerita.
NCNW Pledge
It is our pledge to make a lasting contribution to all that is finest and best in America, to cherish and enrich her heritage of freedom and progress by working for the integration of all her people regardless of race, creed, or national origin, into her spiritual, social, cultural, civic and economic life, and thus aid her to achieve the glorious destiny of a true and unfettered democracy.
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