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Bethune students guaranteed positions at Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice
Read full article: Bethune students guaranteed positions at Florida’s Department of Juvenile JusticeStudents at Bethune Cookman University in Daytona Beach headed back to class with a new opportunity: A chance to get results for Central Florida's troubled teens.
French unions protest tire factory closure amid virus crisis
Read full article: French unions protest tire factory closure amid virus crisisBridgestone employees fire flares outside the tire factory of Bethune, northern France, Thursday, Sept.17, 2020. Workers protest over the Japan-based company's decision to close the plant and lay off all its nearly 900 workers. Bridgestone argues the factory is no longer competitive globally, but unions and French politicians accused the company of using the virus-driven economic crisis as a pretext for the closure and not investing in modernizing the plant instead. Both unions and the French government denounced the closure, saying the company should have invested in modernizing the plant instead. Workers waved flares and red union flags at Thursday’s protest, and listened to speakers from the French Communist Party, which helped organize the demonstration.
How Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune impacted Central Florida
Read full article: How Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune impacted Central FloridaIn honor of Black History Month, News 6 is remembering Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. AdThe Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation in Daytona Beach. (The Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation)It features an elderly Bethune handing a copy of her legacy over to two young black children. To learn more about Bethune and her legacy, you can visit the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation. The historic home is on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University, at 640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard in Daytona Beach, FL 32114.