On the eve of the unveiling of the marble statue of Mary McLeod Bethune at the U.S. Capitol, here are some facts about the statue and its creation.

COMING SUNDAY: A CLOSER LOOK AT MARY McLEOD BETHUNE AND HER STATUE. You can contact Eileen at Eileen.Zaffiro@news-jrnl.com. View the statue. WHAT: Public viewing of the Mary McLeod Bethune statue.

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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 ...

The statue is 11 feet tall and chiseled from 6,000 pounds of the world's best marble.Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune re-created by the hands of master sculptor Nilda Comas, for the honor of a lifetime ...

Evelyn Bethune, front left in yellow, a granddaughter of Mary McLeod Bethune, speaks with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, as members of the Congressional Black Caucus gather around an unveiled ...

Congressional leaders unveiled a statue of education pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune in a ceremony Wednesday in the Capitol’s National Statuary Hall.. The next day, a Heritage Foundation panel ...

Civil rights activist and educator Mary McLeod Bethune has made history as the first Black person to have a state-commissioned statue in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall.

Kameron Turner, 3, visits the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune statue with his dad Karsceal at the News-Journal Center in Daytona Beach, Fla. Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021.

Educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune makes history as the first Black person to have a state-commissioned statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall, replacing a confederate statue.

Mary McLeod Bethune has been standing tall in bronze in Lincoln Park since her birthday on July 10, 1974.Standing alongside two children, this was the first memorial of an African American built ...

Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) speaks during a statue unveiling ceremony for civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune in the U.S. Capitols Statuary Hall, on July 13, 2022.