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Lawmaker renews effort to replace Florida’s Confederate statue with McLeod Bethune

Amid a national debate about monuments and statues, a South Florida lawmaker renewed his push Monday for a likeness of Mary McLeod Bethune —- an educator and civil-rights activist who founded what is now known as Bethune-Cookman University —- to represent Florida in the U.S. Capitol. State Sen. Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale, proposed a resolution […]

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