Civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune statue replaces Confederate general at US Capitol
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Mary McLeod Bethune becomes the first Black person to be represented with a state statue in Statuary Hall.
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Mary McLeod Bethune becomes the first Black person to be represented with a state statue in Statuary Hall.
A statue of civil rights activist and educator Mary McLeod Bethune took its place in the U.S. Capitol, displacing one of a..