Mary welcomes Eleanor Roosevelt at the Daytona station with the Bethune-Cookman band, press, and local officials. She reflects on six months of effort, White House pushback, and her guilt at pressing a tired Eleanor, whose fatigue Mary links to mounting war concerns. Introductions follow, including Mary’s son and grandson, and the mayor presents the city’s key.

In the car, Eleanor bristles at the unexpected publicity, but Mary explains the need to honor the First Lady publicly. They lighten the mood with banter about clothes and Mary’s fried chicken before a brief rest at Mary’s home. The schedule resumes with a speech, a radio address, and a campus tour.

At a planned pause, Mary leads Eleanor to the library, where neatly dressed children sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Eleanor watches as a barefoot boy receives food and a book, then settles to read. Mary explains the college’s weekend program providing meals and tutoring for needy children and similar aid for their parents.

Eleanor, moved, calls it a “miniature NYA.” Mary underscores that Bethune-Cookman supports the entire Daytona Black community and that the school’s finances are perilous, which is why she pressed for Eleanor’s visit to spur fundraising. Eleanor admits she didn’t realize the scope of Mary’s work and says, heavily, that they need to talk.