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    Mary McLeod Bethune inducted as first Black member of Capitol's National Statuary Hall

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi welcomed the statue of civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune today at the Capitol.
    Jul 13, 2022 2 minutes
    Portrait of American educator and activist Mary McLeod Bethune with the United States Capitol Building in the background. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

    Mary McLeod Bethune’s likeness will replace that of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith in the National Statuary Hall of the Capitol building.

    Though the hall has undergone revisions like Smith’s statue being removed in 2021, civil rights activist Bethune is the . Her statue will represent the state of Florida, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is

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