Civil rights leader and trailblazing educator Mary McLeod Bethune on Wednesday became the ... having helped to lay the groundwork for the civil rights movement. "To have her statue here is quite ...

Mary McLeod Bethune’s statue was unveiled Wednesday. Bethune, a civil rights activist, was the founder of the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, which in 1904 ...

Civil rights icon, educator and women's rights activist Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was honored Wednesday as her statue was unveiled at Statuary Hall. She is the first African American to have a state ...

A statue of inspirational civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune has supplanted that of a Confederate general within the U.S. Capitol. The 11-foot-tall statue, unveiled in a ceremony Wednesday ...

Mary McLeod Bethune is best known for founding the Bethune-Cookman College, a HBCU in Daytona, but also being a standout civil right activist. FLORIDA TODAY Editor Tim Walters joined FOX 35's ...

When Mary McLeod Bethune died in 1955 ... “For the Urban League, another civil rights organization that still exists today, she served as president for a few years to think about how in northern ...

Mary McLeod Bethune, pictured in the 1920s, when her school became a co-ed institution and she became the president of the National Association of Colored Women. Chicago History Museum / Getty ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The statue of civil rights icon Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was unveiled at a special congressional statue dedication and unveiling ceremony Wednesday at the Statuary Hall in ...

Mary McLeod Bethune's legacy has deep roots in championing racial and gender equality, as she was one of the most prominent educators, civil rights leaders, and government officials of the 20th ...

National Council of Negro Women National Chair and President Thelma Daley talked about Mary McLeod Bethune's role and accomplishments as an organizer for Civil Rights. Javascript must be enabled ...

A statue of inspirational civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune has supplanted that of a Confederate general within the U.S. Capitol. The 11-foot-tall statue, unveiled in a ceremony Wednesday, was ...