List of Bethune-Cookman University Alumni - Community Service and Civil Rights

Community Service and Civil Rights

Name Class year Notability References
Lucille O'Neal 2003 Mother of former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal and a longtime supporter of the Bethune-Cookman University School of Nursing
Dr. Evelyn Bethune 1979 CEO of the Mary McLeod Bethune Educational Legacy Foundation, Inc and granddaughter of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune www.marymcleodbethune1875.com
Harry T. Moore civil rights leader who was state secretary in Florida for the NAACP in the 1940s and 1950s, and was the first NAACP official murdered in the civil rights struggle
Henry Lyons Former President of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.


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