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Mary Mcleod Bethune contributed alot to the African American society... she helped the young African American people learn how to be able to read and write so that they may have a chance of suceeding in life... Some that African Americans don't contribute andything to society but if you look back at the worlds history without the African Maericans help we would not be in as goos of a place as we are now!

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