Ersula Knox Odom
President
Sula Too LLC
235 W Brandon Blvd
Suite 111
Brandon FL 33511
Ersula Knox Odom as Mary McLeod Bethune Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE "ROAD SCHOLAR"
Dr. Bethune comes to life May 17, 1954 and shares her thoughts regarding Brown vs Board Of Education‘s decision. She expounds upon what this means to the tourist visiting with her concluding their visit of the BCC campus.
She will then answer questions. After Dr Bethune "leaves", Odom will answer questions regarding her research.
Ersula Knox Odom, author, Certified Legacy Advisor, essayist, newspaper editor, workshop leader, FHC Mary McLeod Bethune Road Scholar, motivational speaker and prize winning life lyricist.
Depending on the occasion, Ms Odom also reads from her debut book “At Sula’s Feet”. She shares the fond and treasured recollections of a country girl whose life was shaped and enriched by the wit, wisdom and love of her grandmother. Journey down the dirt road where many of her life lessons were learned in a time that was simple and significant. These experiences birthed from the same geographic region as Dr. Bethune.
Ms. Odom has been featured in Time Inc's Real Simple Magazine and Tampa Bay Fox radio and is the current host of "Princess Memories" on www.kepxradio.com
As a motivational speaker, Ms Odom has the uncommon ability to relate to multi-generational and multi-cultural audiences by sharing experiences from such areas as rural living, college life, fortune 500 corporate management, spirituality, being a mother, entrepreneurship, sales, and genealogy to publishing her first book.
Ms. Odom's book, "At Sula's Feet" further enhances her ability to connect by providing a means of addressing complex issues in lighthearted and simple terms.
She is a graduate of Effingham County High School, Springfield GA and Eckerd College, St Petersburg FL. former manager with GTE Data Services, the Smart/Pelote family historian, a Certified Story Keeper, Member of Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival Program Committee,Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, FL Writers Assoc, Afro-American Historical and Genealogy Society, and International Association of Story Keepers
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Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune
Portrayed by Ersula Knox Odom
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