Mary McLeod Bethune opened the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, known as Bethune-Cookman University in 1904

October 3

On October 3, 1904, Mary McLeod Bethune opened the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls. 

In 1923, Cookman Institute and Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls merged to form the Daytona-Cookman Collegiate Institute. Not too long after the merger, the name was changed to Bethune-Cookman University in honor of Dr. Mary Bethune on April 27, 1931. 

Today, Bethune-Cookman University is an HBCU located in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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Sources

The historical roots of Bethune-Cookman University. (n.d.). https://www.cookman.edu/history/#:~:text=On%20October%203%2C%201904%2C%20an,Bethune’s%20son%2C%20Albert.