will be displayed at the Statuary Hall State Collection in the US Capitol. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/ Orlando Sentinel) Nancy Lohman, President Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Statuary Fund, speaks during ...

Mary McLeod Bethune walked ... and then said, ‘Mrs. Bethune. I shall not fail you.’” Bethune will be the first Black American to represent any state in the collection, according to a ...

“There are a lot of firsts that are great for our country, the state of Florida and for our hometown here in Daytona Beach,” said Bob Lloyd, board treasurer of the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune ...

Mary McLeod Bethune ... Democratic candidates swept the state, dashing the hopes of black voters who had battled to win a modicum of political influence. Yet Bethune’s unshakable devotion ...

Civil rights leader and trailblazing educator Mary McLeod Bethune ... represent "their state’s values of diversity, equality and justice." In 2013, civil rights figure Rosa Park became the ...

When sculptor Nilda Comas prepared to create her acclaimed marble statue of Bethune-Cookman University founder Mary McLeod Bethune ... the table some of the many pictures of Bethune the library ...

educator and women’s rights activist Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune at the U.S. Capitol. It marks the first time in U.S. history that a Black American represents a state in the Capitol's Statuary Hall.

A statue of Mary McLeod Bethune was unveiled ... which became Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. Her statue represents the state of Florida. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ...

because the people of the state of Florida have sent the great educator and civil rights leader Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune to represent our dynamic and diverse state – the first to be represented ...

“But you don’t hear much about her anymore.” At Mary McLeod Bethune Council House in Washington, D.C., the Park Service is determined to change that. Located in the former headquarters of the National ...

activist and entrepreneur Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning. This is the first statue of an African American representing a state in National Statuary Hall.