1-Woman Show Tells Bethune's Life Story

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Byline: Karen Kutz Daily Herald Correspondent

They were mesmerized and it wasn't even an action video that caught their attention.

Students at Meadow Glens Elementary School in Naperville learned a little about black history Tuesday during an assembly to mark teacher appreciation week.

Kacia Cooper, of Historical Perspectives for Children, gave a one-woman performance on the life of Mary McLeod Bethune, an American educator who sought improved racial relations and built a school for black children that later became Bethune-Cookman College.

"I liked the part when she became a teacher because I want to be a teacher," said second-grader Heidi Winkler …