On Wednesday this statue of Mary McLeod Bethune will be unveiled and dedicated in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building. The statue is one of two that represents the state of Florida, the other one being John Gorrie. The statue of the Black educator, civil rights activist and suffragette replaces a statue honoring Confederate general Edmund Kirby S…
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