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Deeply religious and believing in the equal worth of all individuals regardless of race, Bethune championed African American equality, even when it put her at risk. In the 1920s she led a successful black-women's voter-registration drive, despite threats from the Ku Klux Klan. She also opposed the Klan in local elections. During World War I she was instrumental in integrating the Red Cross. Bethune's articulateness and emphasis on black pride, on developing "Self-Control, Self-Respect, Self-Reliance and Race Pride," gave her national prominence, and in 1924 she became president of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). In 1935 she created the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), which was more activist than the NACW, and served as its president until 1949. Her participation in other national associations was extensive; she was a leader of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools, the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, the Southern Conference...
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