Mary McLeod Bethune

The statue of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith currently in National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.

Confederate General Statue In U.S. Capitol May Have New Florida Location

Sascha Cordner

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A Florida museum may be the new location for the statue of a Confederate General currently in National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. On Thursday, a...

Local / State

Florida Close To Replacing Confederate Statue In US Capitol

The U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall Collection is on the cusp of receiving its first statue of an African-American woman. The Florida Legislature has sent a…

Politics / Issues

Fla. Senate Greenlights Putting Bethune Statue In U.S. Capitol To Replace Confederate General

Sascha Cordner

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The Florida Senate has given the green light to an effort to put a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune in the U.S. Capitol. Her likeness would replace a...

Mary McLeod Bethune with students at Bethune-Cookman College.

Politics / Issues

Bethune Gets Backing To Replace Confederate In Capitol

A statue of civil-rights leader and educator Mary McLeod Bethune is getting support in both chambers of the Legislature as a replacement for a...

Local / State

State Lawmaker Trying Again To Replace Confederate General's Statue in D.C.

Nick Evans

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A South Florida Senator is trying again to send a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune to represent Florida in Washington D.C’s Statuary Hall. The current...