Capitol statue collection gets first Black American, replacing Confederate [washingtonpost.com]

Mindy Atwood (PACEs Connection Staff) 7/13/228:22 PM

By Gillian Brockell, Image: Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, July 13, 2022

A statue of Mary McLeod Bethune was unveiled Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol, making her the first Black American in the National Statuary Hall collection.

Bethune was a civil rights activist, a presidential adviser and the founder of the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, which became Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. Her statue represents the state of Florida.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hosted an unveiling ceremony Wednesday morning, with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) among those in attendance.

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