Mary McLeod Bethune /tags/mary-mcleod-bethune Mary McLeod Bethune en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Thu, 14 Jul 2022 18:04:00 GMT Mary McLeod Bethune statue is hailed as a 'symbol of hope' /news/2022-07-14/mary-mcleod-bethune-statue-is-hailed-as-a-symbol-of-hope 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. Thu, 14 Jul 2022 18:04:00 GMT /news/2022-07-14/mary-mcleod-bethune-statue-is-hailed-as-a-symbol-of-hope Jim Turner | News Service of Florida Statue of civil rights leader will be unveiled Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol /news/2022-07-11/statue-of-civil-rights-leader-will-be-unveiled-wednesday-at-the-u-s-capitol The likeness of Mary McLeod Bethune will replace a statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, which stood in the Capitol to represent Florida for nearly a century. Mon, 11 Jul 2022 19:57:00 GMT /news/2022-07-11/statue-of-civil-rights-leader-will-be-unveiled-wednesday-at-the-u-s-capitol News Service of Florida Capitol unveils Mary McLeod Bethune statue, a historic milestone years in the making /news/2021-10-14/capitol-unveils-mary-mcleod-bethune-statue-a-historic-milestone-years-in-the-making The pioneering educator and civil rights activist is the first Black person to have a state-commissioned statue in Statuary Hall. She replaced a Confederate general. Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:20:35 GMT /news/2021-10-14/capitol-unveils-mary-mcleod-bethune-statue-a-historic-milestone-years-in-the-making Rachel Treisman Mary McLeod Bethune To Enter Statuary Hall As Her University Namesake Faces Accreditation Threat /2019-07-23/mary-mcleod-bethune-to-enter-statuary-hall-as-her-university-namesake-faces-accreditation-threat Florida will soon have a new figure in Washington D.C.’s statuary hall. Education advocate and Civil Rights Pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune will have a... Tue, 23 Jul 2019 19:09:26 GMT /2019-07-23/mary-mcleod-bethune-to-enter-statuary-hall-as-her-university-namesake-faces-accreditation-threat Lynn Hatter New Budget, Dozens Of Laws Poised To Take Effect /news/2018-06-25/new-budget-dozens-of-laws-poised-to-take-effect TALLAHASSEE --- More than 100 bills that Gov. Rick Scott signed into law from the 2018 legislative session will take effect Sunday, including a new state… Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:46:23 GMT /news/2018-06-25/new-budget-dozens-of-laws-poised-to-take-effect Jim Turner Bethune Statue Bill Ready For Full Florida House /2018-02-14/bethune-statue-bill-ready-for-full-florida-house A proposal to place a statue of civil-rights leader and educator Mary McLeod Bethune in the U.S. Capitol is ready to be considered by the full Florida... Wed, 14 Feb 2018 18:55:07 GMT /2018-02-14/bethune-statue-bill-ready-for-full-florida-house News Service of Florida Florida Senate Backs Bethune Statue For U.S. Capitol /2018-01-31/florida-senate-backs-bethune-statue-for-u-s-capitol A statue of civil-rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune is halfway to its supporters’ goal of replacing the likeness of a Confederate general as a... Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:02:02 GMT /2018-01-31/florida-senate-backs-bethune-statue-for-u-s-capitol Jim Turner