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Mary McLeod Bethune statue unveiling this week at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDAYTONA BEACH — After an arduous five-year process that involved a series of state and federal...
'Disgusting': MLK monument vandalized in Denver park during Black History Month
ABC News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA monument honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., created by the nation's first African American...
Statue of civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune replaces Confederate general sculpture at US...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA statue of inspirational civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune has supplanted that of a...
Mary McLeod Bethune statue unveiling: Key facts and how to watch
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDAYTONA BEACH — After an arduous five-year process that involved a series of state and federal...
Martin Luther King Jr. statue unveiled at Hart Plaza ahead of anniversary march in Detroit
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhen a crowd of 150 people shuffled out from under a tent and into the rain for the unveiling of a...
Montgomery to mark 66th anniversary of Bus Boycott
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMontgomery is marking the 66th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott with a series of celebrations and events next week. Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested Dec. 1, 1955 ...
National landmarks show two views of American history. Which is yours?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSOCORRO, Texas – A warm wind blew through the old farmworker camp Saturday as Victor Reta, his voice...
U of I professor Gerald McWorter to speak at 48th MLK Memorial Breakfast in Springfield
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe great-great-grandson of the founder of the first town legally set up and registered by an...
Mary McLeod Bethune sculpture to be unveiled in Capitol Wednesday; first Black person featured in...
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA 13-foot tall statue of educator and philanthropist Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune will be unveiled this...
Arkansans honor Daisy Bates as statue unveiled at U.S. Capitol
Arkansas Advocate via Yahoo News· 1 week agoMore than a hundred people filled the pews at Little Rock’s Second Baptist Church Wednesday to watch...