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Bethune is perhaps most remembered for founding what is now Bethune-Cookman University.

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Civil rights leader and trailblazing educator Mary McLeod Bethune on Wednesday became the first Black person elevated by a state for recognition in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall

Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune’s statue is unveiled on Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol.

Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune’s statue finally at home in Statuary Hall

Florida recognized Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of the institution known as Bethune-Cookman University, with a statue at the U.S. Capitol.

Civil rights leader and educator Mary McLeod Bethune has become the first Black person officially recognized in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall.

An 11-foot marble likeness of civil-rights leader and educator Mary McLeod Bethune was unveiled Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol, replacing a statue of a former Confederate general that represented Florida in the National Statuary Hall for nearly a century.

An 11-foot marble likeness of civil-rights leader and educator Mary McLeod Bethune was unveiled Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol, replacing a statue of a former...

History will be unveiled at the United States Capitol in Washington on Wednesday when a marble statue of civil-rights leader Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune will officially go on display.