Mary Bethune Park is a public park located in South Los Angeles,

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. The park is located at 1244 East 61st Street, near the intersection of Central and Gage Avenues. It is managed by the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation. The Newton Division of the

Los Angeles Police Department The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the municipal police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 police officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the third-large ...

is responsible for law enforcement in Bethune Park. Bethune Park is named in honor of

Mary Jane McLeod Bethune Mary Jane McLeod Bethune ( McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, Womanism, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, established th ...

, who was an African-American political activist, education reformer, and advisor to President

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...

References

*http://www.lacountyparks.org/Parkinfo.asp?URL=cms1_033389.asp&Title=Mary%20M.%20Bethune%20Park *https://web.archive.org/web/20110708131800/http://www.centerd.com/places/los-angeles-ca/bethune-park/detail/?id=495858680 *http://www.eventective.com/USA/California/Los+Angeles/172107/Bethune-Park.html *https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=bethune+park+los+angeles&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&cid=11307110637662775490&li=lmd *http://www.lapdonline.org/newton_community_police_station {{LosAngeles-stub Parks in Los Angeles Regional parks in California