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First statue of Black American unveiled in National Statuary Hall
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor the first time ever, the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall collection features a Black...
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and music legend Johnny Cash to replace Arkansas statues at the US...
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCash and Bates will replace century-old Arkansas statues of James Paul Clarke and Uriah M. Rose in...
Serra still represents California in DC. Here’s a lesson from Florida on replacing statues
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA California sculpture almost 3,000 miles away from home stood for nearly a century without much...
Look inside the creation of the Billy Frank Jr. statue that will represent Washington state in D.C.
The Olympian via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBilly Frank Jr., the iconic tribal fishing rights activist and Nisqually leader, fought all his...
Martha goes to Washington!
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoA statue of Martha Hughes Cannon stands in the state Capitol after it was unveiled during a ceremony in Salt Lake City on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. The...
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...
Statue Of Mary McLeod Bethune Unveiled In US Capitol
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMary McLeod Bethune continues to shake up the world posthumously. A statue of the educator was unveiled in the National Statuary Hall on Wednesday,...
‘Our hearts are rejoicing today’: Mary McLeod Bethune’s statue debuts at the Capitol’s Statuary Hall
WFTV via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn 11-foot marble statue of educator, activist and entrepreneur Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was unveiled...
Mary McLeod Bethune sculpture to be unveiled in Capitol Wednesday; first Black person featured in...
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoA 13-foot tall statue of educator and philanthropist Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune will be unveiled this...
Black educator Mary McLeod Bethune honored in U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEvelyn Bethune, front left in yellow, a granddaughter of Mary McLeod Bethune, attends the unveiling...