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Florida civil-rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune will replace Confederate statue in the U.S. Capitol

A Confederate statue will officially be replaced by civil-rights activist and educator Mary McLeod Bethune, following a bill signed by Gov. Rick Scott on Monday. The House and the Senate unanimously passed the Bethune bill (SB 472) before Gov. Rick Scott received it. The bill outlines replacing the statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith […]

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