Civil rights activist and Bethune-Cookman University founder Mary McLeod Bethune will soon make history again.
She will be the first Black person to represent a state in the National Statuary Hall Collection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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The renowned educator’s Florida-commissioned statue will be placed permanently in the Capitol in February 2022, replacing the statue of a confederate general.
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