Statue Of Black American Replaces Confederate General At U.S. Capitol
Florida recognized Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of the institution known as Bethune-Cookman University, with a statue at the U.S. Capitol.
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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.