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WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil rights leader and trailblazing educator Mary McLeod Bethune on...

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.

A marble statue honoring Mary McLeod Bethune now stands in the U.S. Capitol. Bethune helped lay the foundation of the modern civil rights movement.

Mary McLeod Bethune, a former black educator, was honored in the Capitol's Statuary Hall. Her descendants gathered to watch her be honored.

Civil rights leader and trailblazing educator Mary McLeod Bethune on Wednesday became the first Black person elevated by a state for recognition in the...

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

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Civil rights leader and trailblazing educator Mary McLeod Bethune on Wednesday became the first Black person elevated by a state for

Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune’s statue will finally be on display this month in National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. An unveiling ceremony is set for Wednesday, July 13, at 11

The likeness of Bethune will replace a statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, which stood in the Capitol for nearly a century.